Connecticut General Life Ins. Co. v. Bertrand

SHARP, Judge.

Eugene L. Bertrand filed this suit against Connecticut General Life Insurance Company on allegations of total permanent disability upon two policies of life insurance issued in his favor under a plan of group insurance whereby the insurance company insiired Bertrand as an employee of the Gulf Oil Corporation and its subsidiary companies. The policies contained a clause .insuring Bertrand against total permanent disability. He pleaded two policies, one for $2,500 and the other for $3,000, and prayed also for 12 per cent, damages and reasonable attorney’s fees by virtue of the…