Legal Opinion
Cooper v. United Benefit Life Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 26, 1971No. Civ. No. 37170PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FRAMPTON, J.*
Statement of the Case
Plaintiff appeals from a judgment rendered on the pleadings in favor of defendant insurance company. The issue in dispute is whether or not an insurance company, as insurer under a group life insurance policy, is discharged from all claims where it pays the proceeds of such policy to the person who had been last designated as the beneficiary by the now deceased employee, after the deceased’s employer had received oral notice of a claim adverse to the last designated beneficiary.
*913 The Complaint
The complaint, including the first and second amendments…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Elfstrom v. New York Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
- Morrison v. the Mutual L. Ins. of NYCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
- People v. ArthurCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1934
- Tognazzini v. JordanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1913
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Leonard v. Occidental Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1973
- American General Life Insurance v. CarpenterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- Leonard v. Occidental Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1973