Legal Opinion
John R. Russell v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 10, 1971No. 29361_1PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
The central issue on this appeal is whether the insured was totally disabled within the terms of Prudential’s group disability insurance policy.
After serving six years as a salesman for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, John R. Russell was promoted in 1958 to the position of manager of the company’s distribution center in New Orleans, Louisiana. As the center’s manager, Russell had complete responsibility for personnel (25 to 30 persons), sales, purchasing, inventories, customer relations, and contract negotiations. During his tenure as manager, Russell elected to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ayres v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
- Lakos v. SaliarisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1940
- Rambin v. Continental Casualty CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Dennis v. Business Men's Assurance Company of Amer.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- C. B. Pennington v. Colonial Pipeline CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Edward Fritz v. Standard Security Life Insurance Company of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Clark Ray Helms and Betty Helms v. Monsanto Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Dr. Stanley Heller, and Cross-Appellant v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Seabra v. PURITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1977
- Milton J. Eichacker v. The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, and Unum ProvidentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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