Legal Opinion
Cole v. Combined Insurance Co. of America
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided August 10, 1984No. 83-246PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSouter, J.
Under Rule 34 of this court, the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire has sought our opinion on the following question of law:
“Under the law of New Hampshire, may a life insurance policy provision which purports to exclude payment of benefits when the death of the insured is the result of suicide be avoided by proof of the insured’s insanity at the time of death?”
*396The parties have since agreed that the exclusion applies only when the insured was sane when he committed the acts that caused his death, and that proof of the insanity of the insured will defeat the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Life Insurance v. TerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- McLaughlin v. SullivanSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1983
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1870
- Hathaway's Administrator v. National Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Vermont · 1875
- Baker v. McCarthySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1982
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Curtis Reinking Carol Reinking v. Philadelphia American Life Insurance Company, and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company Ich Corporation, Curtis Reinking Carol Reinking v. Philadelphia American Life Insurance Company, and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company Ich Corporation, Curtis Reinking Carol Reinking v. Philadelphia American Life Insurance Company, and Tennessee Gas Pipeline CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Appeal of PlantierSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1985
- Maloney v. BadmanSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2007
- Crowley v. Town of LoudonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2011
- Reinking v. Philadelphia American Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
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