Legal Opinion
Life Insurance Co. of North America v. Evans
Montana Supreme Court
Decided November 6, 1981No. 81-257PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daly
Honorable Russell E. Smith, a senior United States District Judge for the District of Montana, has certified to us a question of law in which it appears there are substantial grounds for difference of opinion, the adjudication of which by this Court would materially advance a decision in federal litigation. The following questions were certified:
Are the decisions of law set down in Kingsland v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (1934), 97 Mont. 558, 37 P.2d 335, and Sullivan v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (1934), 96 Mont. 254, 29 P.2d 1046, still law in Montana?
If the Kingsland and Sullivan…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Silverstein v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Brooks v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
- Carlson v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1966
- Sullivan v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 1934
- Couey v. National Benefit Life Insurance CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Frank Pirkheim and Roxanne Pirkheim, as Parents of Logan Pirkheim v. First Unum Life Insurance, a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- Josephine Murray, in No. 96-5685 v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Company Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company American Home Assurance Company Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company Legionnaire Insurance Trust Program Insurance Company of North America. Josephine Murray v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Company Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company American Home Assurance Company Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company Legionnaire Insurance Trust Program Insurance Company of North America. Appeal of Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, in No. 96-5747. Appeal of American Home Assurance Company, in No. 96-5748. Appeal of Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company and United of Omaha Life Insurance Company, in No. 96-5749Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- State v. HansenMontana Supreme Court · 1999
- Frontline Processing Corp. v. American Economy InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 2006
- State v. ArbuckleAlaska Supreme Court · 1997
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