Legal Opinion
Borzage v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided January 30, 1970No. File No. CV 14-682-34010Published
1Opinion of the CourtKosicki, J.
The plaintiff is the beneficiary on three insurance policies on the life of her husband, Max Borzage. In her substituted complaint, on which the ease was tried before a jury, the only allegations seriously disputed concerned the unexplained disappearance and absence of Max Borzage as giving rise to a presumption that he had died on December 24, 1959, seven years after his unexplained disappearance.
After the plaintiff rested, the defendant moved for a directed verdict, which motion the court denied. The defendant offered no evidence through its own witnesses, and the case was submitted to the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Tyrrell v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Vermont · 1937
- Potter v. Prudential InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- Fuller v. New York Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1912
- Kerrigan v. Detroit Steel CorporationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
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