Stack v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Bonham.

This action was brought to recover of the defendant insurance company the benefits of a group policy which had been issued by the company, to its employees, which included plaintiff, and which provided certain benefits in the event of his total disability. The company denied liability on several grounds, to wit, that plaintiff was not then, nor had been totally disabled to do his accustomed work in his accustomed way; that if plaintiff had ever suffered total disability, it had not occurred during the life of the policy; that…