Legal Opinion

Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. Danley

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 11, 1941No. 8 Div. 159PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

Grounds for certiorari are variously stated. Among others, are the following:

The Court of Appeals erred in its definition of the term “total disability” as set forth in its opinion in the following words:

“In our opinion, and we hold, as good a definition as any other of ‘total disability’ (no question of permanency being immediately involved) as that term has been defined by the Supreme Court of our State is that used by the learned Judge who conducted the trial of this cause m the court below, to-wit: ‘It does not mean a state of absolute helplessness, but means inability to…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. BlueSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
  2. New York Life Ins. Co. v. TorranceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  3. Protective Life Ins. Co. v. HaleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
  4. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. FosterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933
  5. Protective Life Ins. Co. v. WallaceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Shears v. All States Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1942
  2. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. AlstonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  3. Mutual Ben. Health & Accident Ass'n v. BainSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
  4. Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. BrunsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  5. Wilkey v. Aetna Life Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1959

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