Unger v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Plaintiff, Barbara Jean Unger, brought suit in the Circuit Court of Whiteside County to recover benefits of $1,096.55 (representing doctor and hospital bills for a hysterectomy), under a group health and hospitalization policy issued by the defendant, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. After a bench trial, the court found that plaintiff could not recover because of material misrepresentation in the application for insurance and entered judgment for defendant. The plaintiff has appealed, contending that the finding of a material representation is against the manifest weight of the evidence;…