Legal Opinion
Mutual Life Ins. v. Daigle
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 23, 1944No. 10935PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit by Etienne Daigle against the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York to recover monthly disability benefits alleged to be due under a life insurance policy issued to him by the insurer on April 3, 1924, and to recover the statutory penalty and attorney’s fees under Act No. 310 of the Legislature of Louisiana for the year 1910 for the alleged unwarranted delay in paying such benefits. The insurrer denied that disability benefits were due on the ground that the plaintiff was not totally and permanently disabled, within the terms of the policy, from engaging…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Crowe v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
- Boughton v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
- Phillips v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New YorkLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1934
- Harris v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
3Cited by6 opinions
- Gillen v. Phoenix Indemnity Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Picard v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
- Moore v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1958
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. PicardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
- Chautauqua v. Farm Bureau Mutual Fire InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1956
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