Parsonese v. Midland National Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Chief Judge.

This appeal challenges the constitutionality of the retroactive application of a statute affecting life insurance contracts. The trial court held that, if applied retroactively, the statute would violate the contracts clause of the state and federal constitutions by impairing the life insurance contract at issue in this case. Accordingly, the court did not apply the statute, but enforced the life insurance contract without its modification by the statute.

The case was tried in the court of common pleas on stipulated facts and issues filed pursuant to…