Elton v. Bankers Life & Casualty Company
Utah Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
HENROID, Justice:
Appeal from a judgment entered on a jury award under the provisions of an accident insurance policy. Reversed, with no costs awarded.
Counsel reminds us that we must review the evidence in a light favorable to the verdict.1 We will do this by not reporting or considering the evidence adduced by defendant, but only that of the plaintiff, and holding the plaintiff responsible for any such evidence representing both the less favorable to its contentions as well as that which may be more favorable.2 So saying we abstract plaintiff’s evidence in what we consider a fair and accurate…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Landress v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Richards v. Standard Acc. Ins. Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1921
- Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Ass'n v. HudmanTexas Supreme Court · 1965
- Browning v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Utah Supreme Court · 1937
- Pierce v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. of CaliforniaWashington Supreme Court · 1941
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Julie M. Winchester v. Prudential Life Insurance Company of America, and Life Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
- Hunt v. North Carolina Logistics, Inc.District Court, D. New Mexico · 2016
- Forrester ex rel. Forrester v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1974
- Elton v. Bankers Life & Casualty CompanyUtah Supreme Court · 1973
- Helen C. Wright v. American Home Assurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
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