Campanale v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

The plaintiff, a man forty years old, held two policies of life insurance issued by the defendant, under which he became entitled to an annuity if, prior to attaining the age of sixty years, he should “become totally and permanently disabled, as the result of bodily injury or disease.” He was hurt in an automobile accident on April 12, 1932. There was evidence that as a result he was totally and permanently disabled. Rezendes v. Prudential Ins. Co. 285 Mass. 505. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant brings the case here upon an exception to the charge.

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