Jones v. New York Life Insurance

The plaintiff, Miss Jones, seeks recovery of total permanent disability benefits under a policy of insurance issued to her by the defendant, insurance company. The cause proceeded to trial in the superior court for King county, sitting with a jury. At the conclusion of the trial, counsel for the company challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to entitle Miss Jones to any recovery, and moved for judgment of dismissal accordingly. The court denied the motion, and submitted to the jury a single question by a special interrogatory, as the only question of fact to be decided in the case, which,…