Legal Opinion
Bennett v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided October 7, 1957No. Civ. A. No. 482PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Chief Judge.
This is an action by plaintiff as administrator of a deceased beneficiary of a group life insurance policy issued by defendant to Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates on the lives of its employees. Part of the premium on the group policy was contributed by Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates and part by the participating employees through pay roll deductions. The deceased Albert H. Steele, was employed as assistant general mine foreman.
The case was heard without a jury and it was found as facts by the Court that Steele ceased active work on or about the 26th day of October, 1955,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Adkins v. Aetna Life InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947
- Ozanich v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
- Deese v. Travellers InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1933
- Powell v. Equitable Life Assur. Society of the United StatesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1934
- Peyton v. Equitable Life Assurance SocietySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
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3Cited by3 opinions
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston, Massachusetts v. R. H. Bennett, Administrator of the Estate of Albert H. Steele, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1958
- Life Insurance Co. of North America v. HalkerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1969
- Segerstrom v. ColvinDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2017