Jackson v. Continental Cas. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
412 So.2d 1364 (1982)
Phillip JACKSON
v.
CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY.
No. 81-C-1759.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 5, 1982.
Rehearing Denied May 14, 1982.
Leo J. Berggreen, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-applicant.
Paul H. Spaht, of Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Walter, Baton Rouge, for defendant-respondent.
WATSON, Justice.
ISSUE
Is a person who pays group insurance premiums for almost six years to insure the life of his "spouse" barred from collecting benefits for her death by the fact that their thirty-five year union was not a legal marriage?
FACTS
Plaintiff, Phillip Jackson, an illiterate Louisiana State…
Also in this document: Dissent; Concurrence · Calogero; Concurrence · Dennis; Concurrence · Calogero.
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- Simpson v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Bernier v. Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
- EL Burns Co., Inc. v. CashioSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
- Crawford v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
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