Kahoun v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

The facts of this case are detailed in an earlier decision of this Court, Kahoun v Metropolitan Life Insurance Co, 12 Mich App 441 (1968), and may be briefly summarized as follows: Plaintiff’s decedent originally sued defendant for reimbursement if certain medical expenses supposedly covered by an insurance policy issued by defendant. The latter denied liability and raised the affirmative defenses of fraud and misrepresentation, alleging that plaintiff had falsely answered certain questions in his application for insurance.

Although plaintiff had timely demanded a jury trial, the cause was…