Legal Opinion
Grant v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided February 2, 1984No. Civ. A. No. 82-G-1109-SPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GUIN, District Judge.
This declaratory judgment suit arises out of the death claim filed by the plaintiff for the proceeds of a group life insurance policy held by the defendant on her deceased husband. Plaintiff is an Alabama resident. Defendant, a New York based corporation, provides insurance on the lives of employees of United States Steel Corporation (USS). At issue is whether the suspension of the deceased from employment at USS constitutes a termination of employment, within the meaning of the policy, sufficient to trigger the 31-day grace period for exercising the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Employers Ins. Co. of Ala., Inc. v. Jeff Gin Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1979
- Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. v. BiernbaumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1980
- Childress v. Foremost Ins. Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1982
- Cheek v. VULCAN LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1973
- Scott v. East Alabama Educ. Foundation, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1982