Legal Opinion
Patterson v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 27, 1939No. 35497PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Justice.
Ernest D. Patterson brought this suit against the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company on a certificate of insurance issued to him by defendant under a group policy written on all employees of the Union Producing Company, by which company plaintiff was employed.
The insurance contract contains the usual permanent and total disability provision. Plaintiff claims the benefit of this provision because of his loss of all serviceable hearing, which he alleges occurred while he was employed by the Union Producing Company and while the insurance contract was in effect. The amount of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Boughton v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
- Kane v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1934
- Oswald v. Equitable Life Assurance SocietyNebraska Supreme Court · 1934
- Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. BarelaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States v. PowersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Chandler v. Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- Nomey v. Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
- Foret v. Aetna Life & Cas. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
- Dennis v. Business Men's Assurance Company of Amer.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- Felker v. Aetna Life Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
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