Legal Opinion
Dorman v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.
District Court, S.D. California
Decided January 14, 1939No. 8201-YPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YANKWICH, District Judge.
On February 2, 1931, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston, Massachusetts, a corporation, to which we shall refer as “the insurer”, executed and delivered at Kansas City, Missouri, to Interstate Bakeries Corporation and its subsidiaries or affiliated companies a one-year renewable group insurance policy. Western Bakeries Corporation, Ltd. of Los Angeles, was a subsidiary and affiliated company of Interstate Bakeries Corporation. We shall refer to it as “the employer”. By the group policy, the insurer agreed to pay, upon proof of death of any insured…
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