Klat v. Chrysler Corp.

In April, 1929, the Chrysler Corporation entered into an agreement with the ¿Etna Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, Connecticut, for a policy of group life insurance. The policy of insurance issued provided among other things that the insurance upon the life of each employee was to cease automatically upon:

1. The employee’s failure to make a certain required premium contribution;

2. The termination of his employment; or

3. The cancellation of his insurance by the Chrysler Corporation in cases of temporary layoff.

In November, 1933, Prank Dembeck made application for insurance under the plan…