Legal Opinion
Nancy Kraus v. Prudential Insurance Company of America
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 8, 1986No. 85-3920PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Although appellant raises several arguments on appeal from an adverse jury verdict, we conclude that there is but one question for us to consider. We state it thus: In an action by a beneficiary on a life insurance policy of $100,000, did the district court err in its instructions to the jury and specifically in its failure to instruct that the insurer had a duty to investigate the facts surrounding the application for insurance?
The plaintiff offered and the court refused this proposed instruction:
If you find that the application for life insurance is, on its…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. SevierOregon Supreme Court · 1975
- Bunn v. MONARCH LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYOregon Supreme Court · 1970
- Kubeck v. Consolidated UnderwritersOregon Supreme Court · 1974
- Rutherford v. Prudential InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1965
- Kentner v. Gulf InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1984
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Gasaway v. Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co.District Court, D. Hawaii · 1993
- Verex Assurance, Inc. v. John Hanson Savings & Loan, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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