Gibson v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

In either May or June, 1951, Kenneth L. Gibson, office manager of an industrial machine company at Green Bay, and then twenty-four years of age, consulted his family physician, Dr. Joseph Halloin, with reference to a swelling of his right testicle. The doctor told him that it was a strain, administered penicillin, and recommended wearing of a scrotal support. Thereafter, Carl Tremí, an insurance agent representing the defendant company, solicited Gibson for the sale of a policy of life insurance. On September 5, 1951, Gibson signed an application for a policy in the amount of $12,500. Pie…