Pfautz v. Sterling Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Hirt, J.,
Claimant applied for and received a health and accident policy from the defendant in February 1953. No medical examination was required, but in her application for the policy she answered “none” to both of the following questions: “Have you received any . . . medical . . . advice or treatment or had any local or constitutional disease within the last five years?” and “Have you ever been treated for any female trouble.” To the further question: “Are the menstrual functions now regular and normal?” she gave an affirmative answer, and in her application she also answered “yes”…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Evans v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Freedman v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Travellers Insurance v. Heppenstall Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Burton v. Pacific Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Bailey v. Pacific Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
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