Legal Opinion
Ellingwood Ex Rel. Estate Streeter v. N.N. Investors Life Insurance
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided January 15, 1991No. 18584PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RANSOM, Justice.
This case involves the authority of an insurance agent to bind an insurance company to a contract for temporary insurance on the basis of oral representations concerning immediate coverage upon payment of a premium. Patricia Ellingwood, as personal representative of the estate of James Streeter, brought suit against N.N. Investors Life Insurance Company, Inc. for breach of contract and against the company and its agent for negligence. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of N.N. Investors because the enrollment application unambiguously stated coverage was…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Collister v. Nationwide Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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- Romero v. Dairyland InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1990
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