Legal Opinion
Cunningham v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided January 3, 1985No. 83-445PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliam A. Bablitch, J.
Michael Cunningham seeks review of a court of appeals’ decision that Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Metropolitan) was equitably subrogated to Cunningham’s interest in the settlement proceeds of Cunningham’s wrongful death action against third-party tortfeasors.
The court of appeals held that the applicable terms of Metropolitan’s group policy which contained a “Group Hospitalization and Physicians’ Services Benefits Insurance Rider” and a “Group Medical Expense Insurance-Extended Coverage” rider under which Cunningham received benefits for his daughter’s care, constituted a contract of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Heifetz v. JohnsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1973
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3Cited by59 opinions
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