Legal Opinion
Western Resources Life Insurance Co. v. Gerhardt
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 22, 1977No. 12552PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHANNON, Justice.
This is a fraud case. The important question concerns the application vel non of the doctrine of de facto merger.
Appellees 1 sued American Business and Commercial Life Insurance Company 2 and appellants 3 in the district court of Travis County for actual and exemplary damages. After trial to a jury, the district court entered judgment for appellees for $14,070 in actual and exemplary damages.
Appellees’ cause of action arose from the sale to appellees of six “ABC-400” insurance contracts of American Business and Commercial Life Insurance Company. In their trial petition…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Lawrence B. Thomas, and Cross-Appellant v. E. J. Korvette, Inc., and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- McKee v. Harris-Seybold Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1970
- Shannon v. Samuel Langston CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1974
- Kloberdanz v. Joy Manufacturing CompanyDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1968
- Farris v. Glen Alden Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Shapolsky v. Brewton, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2001
- City of Richmond v. Madison Management Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Amjad Munim, M.D., P.A. v. AzarDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
- Davis v. Celotex Corp.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1992
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