Ellis Carp v. California-Western States Life Insurance Company

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Dr. Ellis Carp, named as the beneficiary in a certificate of cov erage under a group life insurance policy issued by the defendant-appellee, California-Western States Life Insurance Co., sued to obtain payment from the latter of the insurance proceeds of $10,-000. This appeal is from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict finding the defendant company free from liability under the policy. The principal question is whether the person in whose name the certificate was issued was an employee of the company that obtained the master policy of insurance within…