Legal Opinion
Juhlin v. Life Insurance Co. of North America
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 19, 1980No. 51200PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OTIS, Justice.
Plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment entered by the district court, Dakota County, dismissing the plaintiff’s action for declaratory judgment on an accident policy. Plaintiff had asked the district court to construe an insurance contract’s use of the words “loss by actual severance” to cover an accident- caused paralysis of his legs and feet. We affirm the judgment of the district court, and hold that the use of the words “loss by actual severance” in the insurance contract was unambiguous and did not cover the kind of injury the plaintiff suffered.
On November 16,1975, the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sheanon v. Pacific Mutual Life InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
- A. O. Smith Corp. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
- Robert A. Cornellier v. American Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Interstate Life & Accident Co. v. WatersMississippi Supreme Court · 1952
- Sitzman v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Andrew L. Cunninghame v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- James B. Francis, Jr. v. Ina Life Insurance Company of New York, a Cigna Company, A/K/A LiconyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Martha Valerio v. Home Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Neer v. Fireman's Fund American Life InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1985
- James J. Reid v. Life Insurance Company of North America, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
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