Lundquist v. Illinois Life & Accident Insurance

This is a suit on several individual policies of insurance, the complaint consisting of 25 separate Counts, one Count for each individual plaintiff, against the defendant insurance company and its agent, for the alleged maternity benefits due thereunder. The defendants moved to strike and dismiss the Complaint but the Court denied the motion. The defendants then answered, denying substantially all the allegations, and, in addition, pleaded a special defense asserting that each policy was cancelled as of January 1, 1957, in accordance with its terms, by letter, dated December 17, 1956, mailed…