Legal Opinion
Banks v. Travelers Insurance
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 31, 1973No. Civ. A. No. 72-1153PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
HUYETT, District Judge.
In this action plaintiffs seek compensatory damages for defendant's breach of a group disability insurance contract and compensatory and punitive damages for fraudulent misrepresentations made by defendant’s agents to induce the plaintiffs to purchase the insurance. The complaint is divided into two counts, and plaintiffs seek to represent classes of persons similarly situated in each count. In Count I, plaintiffs allege that the insurance contract is ambiguous and that defendant has applied inconsistent and varying standards for determining whether…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Snyder v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Pinel v. PinelSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Joseph H. Beaman v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Richard B. Keck v. Fidelity and Casualty Company of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
- Houck v. Travelers Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Elsie Simer v. Richard J. Rios, Acting Director of Community Services Administration Community Services AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Banks v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
- Crone v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1976
- Abramovitz v. AhernDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1982
- Wilbert v. Unum Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1997
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