Legal Opinion
Mary G. Yang v. Farmers New World Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 3, 2018No. 17-1895PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
In May, 2003, Minnesota resident May Yang applied to Farmers New World Life Insurance Company for a life-insurance policy it sold only to people under age sixty. In her application, Yang said she was born on July 11, 1943, and was thus fifty-nine years old, providing a Laotian birth certificate as proof. Farmers issued her the policy later that month under a contract containing the two provisions at issue in this appeal. One provision states that Farmers "will not contest this policy after it has been in force for two years ... except for nonpayment of premiums." The…
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