Legal Opinion
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Schwarzer
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 9, 1968PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
The company’s bill of complaint seeks to have declared void a hospital expense policy issued by it to Lorene Schwarzer, because of the falsity of statements in the application signed by her. The judge found that the soliciting agent of the company was responsible for the false statements, and that they were due to no fault of Lorene. He ruled, on the authority of Sullivan v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. 342 Mass. 649, 654-655, that the company could not avoid the policy.
Facts set out in, or apparent from, the judge’s subsidiary findings include the following: On or about September 10,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Minsker v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. AlterovitzIndiana Supreme Court · 1938
- Sullivan v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Cass v. LordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. SamisCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1937
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- METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. JohnsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
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