Legal Opinion
Erreca v. Western States Life Insurance
California Supreme Court
Decided February 3, 1942No. Sac. 5473PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*390EDMONDS, J. —
Martin Erreca, the respondent, holds a policy of life insurance, which includes provisions for disability benefits, issued to him by Western States Life Insurance Company, the obligations of which have been assumed by California-Western States Life Insurance Company. These companies have appealed from a judgment against them for $2,300, asserting that he has not been disabled within the meaning of the contract.
Under the terms of the policy, the respondent, in the event of his total and permanent disability prior to his sixtieth birthday, is entitled to the sum of $200 a month for…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- New York Life Insurance v. ViglasSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Foglesong v. Modern Brotherhood of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1906
- Mobley v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. SouthSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- Lobdill v. Laboring Men's Mutual Aid Ass'n of ChatfieldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
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3Cited by73 opinions
- Joan Hangarter v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, and the Paul Revere Life Insurance Company Unumprovident Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- Egan v. Mutual of Omaha InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
- Austero v. National Casualty Co. of DetroitCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
- Sprague v. Equifax, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1985
- Bowler v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of NYSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1969
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