Legal Opinion
Shafer v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 19, 1963No. Appeal, No. 274PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Eagen,
In this action of assumpsit, the trustees of an insurance trust seek recovery of the proceeds of a life insurance policy issued by the defendant company on the life of Walter S. Shiffer, deceased. A jury trial resulted in a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiffs alleging prejudicial error requested a new trial. The court en banc denied the motion, concluding that the defendant was entitled to judgment as a matter of law and that the reasons assigned in support of a new trial were academic. Plaintiffs appeal.
The policy bore an issue date of December 31, 1955,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Evans v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Freedman v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Prevete v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Murphy v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
- Hartman v. Keystone InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1853
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Dona W. Horowitz, Individually and as Co-Executrix of the Estate of Leonard N. Horowitz, Deceased Alfred Camner, Co-Executor of the Estate of Leonard N. Horowitz, Deceased v. Federal Kemper Life Assurance Company, in No. 94-1900. Dona W. Horowitz, Individually and as Co-Executrix of the Estate of Leonard N. Horowitz, Deceased Alfred Camner, Co-Executor of the Estate of Leonard N. Horowitz, Deceased, in No. 94-1901 v. Federal Kemper Life Assurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Coolspring Stone Supply, Inc. v. American States Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Crawford v. Manhattan L. Ins. Co. of NYSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. ManzoSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1991
- Jeffrey Justofin v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
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