Legal Opinion
Bankers Life Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 17, 1985No. 84-280Published
1Opinion of the Court
366 N.W.2d 166 (1985)
BANKERS LIFE COMPANY, Appellee,
v.
The AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, Appellant.
No. 84-280.
Supreme Court of Iowa.
April 17, 1985.
Glenn L. Smith and Hugh J. Cain of Duncan, Jones, Riley & Finley, Des Moines, for appellant.
Kent M. Forney, David J.W. Proctor and William F. Fanter of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, Des Moines, for appellee.
Considered en banc.
WOLLE, Justice.
This case demonstrates how the language and structure of an insurance contract can obscure its meaning when its basic fabric consists of standardized printed forms. Bankers Life Company (Bankers Life)…
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