Legal Opinion

Perlman v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 28, 1932No. Appeal 27PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

The life insurance policy sued upon is not a contract of health insurance; it provides for the payment of benefits for total and permanent disability, and better to define or make clear what is meant by “total and permanent disability” it sets up certain standards which upon due proof being given the company that they exist — that is, are existing at the time such proof is made, not, did exist in the past — the company agrees that they shall be considered as “total and permanent disability” and entitle the insured to benefits as such, until such time as they may be…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Brams v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  2. Courson v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Moscov v. Mutual Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Buntz v. General American Life InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  3. Equitable Life Assurance Society v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
  4. Lyford v. New England Mutual Life InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  5. Lucas v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934

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