Legal Opinion
Karno v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided February 3, 1956No. Civ. A. 3444PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WRIGHT, District Judge.
On November 1,1950, defendant issued a policy of insurance on the life of David Karno in the amount of $5,000, in which policy plaintiff was named beneficiary. Karno died of heart disease on April 12, 1951, within the contestable period 1 on the policy, and defendant has refused plaintiff’s demand for payment in accordance with the terms of the policy because of misrepresentations made by Karno in the application for the insurance.
In the application, Karno stated that he had never had an ailment or disease of the heart, that he had not consulted or been treated by a…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Rhodes v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
- Tolar v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co. v. StevensonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
- Whitney v. West Coast Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917
- Lee v. New York Life Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Fruge v. Woodmen of World Life Insurance SocietyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- Knight v. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- Radosta v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
- World Insurance Company of Omaha, Nebraska v. Mrs. Zelma PipesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Lamark v. Lincoln Income Life Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
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