Legal Opinion
Erikson v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided November 20, 1975No. 11833PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPARD, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of respondent Robert A. Erikson and against Nationwide Mutual which awarded insurance benefits for loss of sight. The contentions of appellant are that the admission of certain letters from doctors who examined the respondent insured was erroneous, as was the subsequent use of those letters as substantive proof of causation; that jury instructions were erroneous; and that the verdict is not supported by sufficient evidence. We affirm the judgment.
In 1965 Nationwide issued to Erikson an insurance policy…
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