Legal Opinion
Crowell v. Federal Life & Casualty Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided November 23, 1976No. Docket 57196PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFitzgerald, J.
The issue on appeal is whether plaintiff suffers from a "confining sickness,” as defined by a policy of health and accident insurance issued to him by defendant Federal Life and Casualty Company. The policy was issued to plaintiff in September of 1966 for an annual premium of $201.50. The controversy concerns § 3D of the policy which provides the following coverage:
'Policy section 3
"D. Total Disability — Sickness(1) Non-confining or confining sickness
Monthly indemnity $200
24 Months for any one Sickness(2) Confining Sickness and continued Disability after (Dl)
Monthly Indemnity $200
Lifetime for…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hoffman v. Michigan Home & Hospital Ass'nMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
- Cassady v. United Insurance Company of AmericaDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1974
- Cooper v. Phœnix Accident & Sick Benefit Ass'nMichigan Supreme Court · 1905
- Ebert v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMichigan Supreme Court · 1953
- Shirts v. Phœnix Accident & Sick Benefit Ass'nMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Max True Plastering Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1996
- People v. SturgisMichigan Supreme Court · 1986
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. RuuskaMichigan Court of Appeals · 1979
- Fresard v. Michigan Millers Mutual InsuranceMichigan Court of Appeals · 1980
- Ford Motor Credit Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, a Connecticut CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
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