Legal Opinion
Luisa M. Fernandez v. Bankers National Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 25, 1990No. 89-5485PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
This case concerns a beneficiary’s claim to the proceeds of a life insurance policy, when the insured decedent died of a terminal illness unknown at the time of insurance application. Finding that the insured decedent’s omission of previous medical history constituted a material misrepresentation, the district court granted summary judgment for defendant-appellee Bankers National Life Insurance Company (Bankers) prior to denying as moot plaintiff-appellant Luisa M. Fernandez’s motion to compel discovery of allegedly pertinent documents. Plaintiff-appellant appeals the…
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