Tibbs v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.

This is a suit on an insurance certificate held by plaintiff, George Tibbs, for permanent and total disability benefits. . The trial judge granted a motion for a directed verdict on the ground that even though the defendant was notified of tlie claimed disability, yet plaintiff’s proof of claim showed by his own physician that he was able to work when he severed his connection with the DuPont Company, his employer, on June 1, 1937, and that, therefore, there was no material evidence that he was permanently and totally disabled at the time of his discharge. The judgment of the circuit court…