Legal Opinion
Heilman v. American Cas. Co. of Reading, Pa.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 20, 1951No. 1058PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAGETT, Associate Judge.
Plaintiff, Louis Heilman, sued to recover certain benefits which he claimed were due him upon an accident and health insurance policy issued by defendant, the American Casualty Company. The case was tried by the court without a jury, which gave judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals. The amount of recovery, if any, was stipulated as $838.33, with interest from September 1, 1949, and costs of suit.
The policy provided indemnity for hospital and surgical expense and for loss of time due to accident or illness and also indemnity for loss of life through accident. In…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Apter v. Home Life Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Pennsylvania Indemnity Fire Corp. v. AldridgeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Palumbo v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Stinson v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. HicksOhio Court of Appeals · 1931
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3Cited by4 opinions
- American Cas. Co. v. HeilmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Concordia Lutheran Evangelical Church v. United States Casualty Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1955
- Robison v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Ins. Department, Inc.Arizona Supreme Court · 1952
- Heilman v. American Cas. Co. of Reading, Pa.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951