Legal Opinion
Levin v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 30, 1945No. 254PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Associate Judge..Appellant is the widow of Nathan J. Levin and beneficiary of a policy of insurance written on his life by appellee. Upon his death appellee paid the beneficiary $1000 representing the basic amount of the policy but refused payment of an additional $1000 which was claimed by virtue of the allegedly accidental death of insured. The trial court directed a verdict against appellant and this appeal has been taken to determine the correctness of that ruling.
The applicable part of the policy is contained in a rider or endorsement, by which the company bound itself for an…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Landress v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. McCueSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Smith v. Travelers InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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