Tomalewski v. State Farm Life Insurance

OPINION

DUMBAULD, District Judge.

The interesting contretemps presented by this case arose because the insurance agent who filled out the application got a sheet of carbon paper reversed. One Nick A. Valicenti, the agent, was making three copies of the application. The original goes to the Company, the second to the agent, and the third is attached to and forms part of the policy.

The insured affixed his signature on the first page, before the papers were reversed to fill in some blanks on the second page regarding applicant’s military service. He had skipped over the spaces for designation of…