Moore v. United States Pipe & Foundry Co.

The plaintiff sued the defendants for breach of contract and negligence as a result of the lapse of a contract of life insurance under which the plaintiff was beneficiary. The trial court granted a summary judgment in favor of both defendants and the plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

The dispositive issue is whether the plaintiff's cause of action is barred by the statute of limitations.

A review of the record reveals the following:

The plaintiff's deceased husband worked at the defendant-employer's plant. In the summer of 1968 he was granted a retirement for total disability.

At the time of the…