Rodgers v. Nationwide Insurance

Defendant Nationwide Insurance Company appeals a judgment awarding plaintiff disability benefits pursuant to a group insurance policy. Defendant’s assignments of error are:(1) That the trial court erred by submitting the case to the jury;(2) That the court erred by instructing the jury that a person need not be "absolutely helpless or bedridden in order to recover benefits” for total disability under the policy;(3) That the court erred by instructing the jury that the policy "must be construed according to its character and its beneficent purposes and in the sense in which the Plaintiff * * *…