Legal Opinion
Fisher v. United States Life Insurance
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided November 2, 1956No. 8462PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff’s motion for judgment n. o. v. raises the question whether the incontestable clause in a group life insurance policy prevents the insurer from successfully defending a death claim on the ground that plaintiff’s decedent, Herman H. Fisher, President of Herman H. Fisher, Inc., a contributing employer, was not an employee eligible to be insured under the terms of the policy.
A jury has found that' Herman H. Fisher' was not an eligible employee, as defined in the policy, because he was not actively employed by the corporation on the effective date of the group policy…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Boseman v. Connecticut General Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Matter of Met. Life Ins. Co. v. ConwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. DormanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939
- Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. DeemCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1937
- Rasmussen v. Equitable Life Assurance SocietyMichigan Supreme Court · 1940
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Lelia Grace Fisher v. The United States Life Insurance Company in City of New York, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
- Washington National Insurance Company v. J. D. BurchCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Maxwell v. Cumberland Life InsuranceIdaho Supreme Court · 1987
- Poffenbarger v. New York Life Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1967
- Crump v. Northwestern National Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1965
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