Legal Opinion
Salisbury v. Monumental Life Insurance
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 6, 1998No. Civ.A. 96-11925-PBSPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
SARIS, District Judge.
The Plaintiff Frances Salisbury (“Salisbury”) brought this action for the collection of benefits on a life insurance policy against the insurer, Defendant Monumental Life Insurance Company (“Monumental”). Monumental seeks to avoid payment on the policy because Mr. Salisbury failed to disclose material information about his past medical history of stroke which would have increased the risk of loss within the meaning of Mass. G.L. c. 175, § 186. Salisbury contends that Mass.G.L. c. 175, § 131 applies to…
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