Legal Opinion
Tegethoff v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided September 8, 1966PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarney, J.
The complainant below, Mrs. Donna S. Tegethoff, has appealed from a decree of the Chancellor dismissing her original bill. A jury was demanded and later withdrawn by consent. Mrs. Tegethoff had sought recovery of $946.93 alleged to be due and owing to her imder the terms and provisions of a comprehensive medical expense policy plus the 25% penalty provided by T.C.A. Section 56-1105.
The primary defense of Metropolitan was that Mrs. Tegethoff had consciously and deliberately withheld from defendant’s agent who prepared the application information concerning her physical condition and failed to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- DeFord v. National Life & Accident Ins.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1945
- Life & Casualty Ins. v. KingTennessee Supreme Court · 1917
- Volunteer State Life Ins. v. RichardsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1922
- Mutual Life Ins. v. DibrellTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
- Henry v. Southern Fire & Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1958
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Womack v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 1980
- Spellmeyer v. Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
- Bland v. Allstate InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
- Clingan v. Vulcan Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1985
- Milligan v. MFA Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1973
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