Blackman v. Travelers Insurance
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.
1. “Total disability does not mean absolute physical in.ability to work at one’s occupation, or to pursue • some occupation for wages or gain; but it exists if the injury or. disease of the insured is such that common care and prudence require him to desist, and he does in faot desist, from transacting his business.' In such circumstances, total disability exists.” (Italics ours.) Cato v. Ætna Life Insurance Co., 164 Ga. 392 (4) (138 S. E. 787).
2. “If the insured, who was afflicted with tuberculosis, had quit pursuing his occupation of a weaver, on account of Ms disease, then, under the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cato v. Ætna Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
3Cited by6 opinions
- New York Life Insurance v. WilliamsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
- Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. ChildsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
- Connecticut General Life Insurance v. BlackmerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
- Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. BatchelorCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. StalworthCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
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