Legal Opinion
Oglesby v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided February 16, 1995No. Civ. A. 93-224 MMSPublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, Senior District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff John T. Oglesby, II filed suit against defendant The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company (“Penn Mutual”) in Delaware state court. Oglesby alleged breach of contract for failure to pay benefits under a disability insurance policy and breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing. Specifically, he averred that from August 1990 to the present, he has been totally disabled within the meaning of the policy, and that Penn Mutual wrongfully denied him benefits thereunder. Oglesby is a citizen of Delaware.
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