Legal Opinion
Butcher v. Pollard
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided September 28, 1972No. 31185PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJackson, J.
The case at bar invites consideration of the plight of a child who was denied benefits ander her father’s groap life insarance policy solely hecaase she suffered the misfortane of being born illegitimate. She appeals the trial coart’s grant of sammary jadgment which directed that the entire proceeds he paid to her half sister who was horn legitimate.
The facts leading ap to this litigation are not complex. Denois Batcher, the insared, held a groap life insarance policy issaed by The Travelers Insarance Company throagh his employer, the Penn Central Railroad. The policy provided for $6,000 in…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Levy v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Charity HospitalSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Labine v. VincentSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- State, ex rel. Overmeyer v. WalinskiOhio Supreme Court · 1966
- Doughty ex rel. Woods v. EnglerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1923
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Cobb v. State Security Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1979
- Cox v. Employers Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
- Green v. WoodardOhio Court of Appeals · 1974
- Wheaton National Bank v. AarvoldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
- Green v. GreenDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
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