Ravich v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States

In an action to recover under policies of insurance providing for payment of benefits upon proof of total disability, as defined, judgment, entered on the verdict of a jury in favor of respondent, reversed on the law and the facts, and a new trial granted, costs to abide the event. The respondent’s evidence of a heart disease and total disability within the meaning of the policies is, eoneededly, contrary to all objective tests relied on generally in the medical profession; and if such conditions exist they are proved merely by the opinions of medical men, based on a history of pain suffered…