Legal Opinion

INDEPENDENT LIFE AND ACCIDENT INS. CO. v. Roddam

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 15, 1955PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

81 So.2d 221 (1955)

The INDEPENDENT LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA, Appellant,

v.

Ruby RODDAM, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

June 15, 1955.

Fitzpatrick & Barron, Panama City, for appellant.

Mercer P. Spear, Panama City, for appellee.

ROBERTS, Justice.

The plaintiff brought suit in the court below to recover as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy on the life of her sister. The company denied liability on the ground, among others, that the insured was not in sound health at the time the policy was issued. The jury found in favor of plaintiff, judgment was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Gulf Life Insurance Company v. GreenSupreme Court of Florida · 1955
  2. Gulf Life Insurance Co. v. EllisSupreme Court of Florida · 1940

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Mathews v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Florida · 1956
  2. Griffin v. AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE AND ACCIDENT INS. CO.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
  3. American National Insurance v. HerreraCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1963
  4. Wolk v. Lamar Life InsuranceDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967
  5. American Southern Life Insurance v. HardyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967

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