Mattes v. National Fidelity Life Insurance

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NEALON, Chief Judge.

I. FACTS

This case concerns the liability of two insurance companies under an occupational “Disability Plan.” Plaintiff Roger Mattes, Esq., is the executor for the estate of Vincent M. Kerrigan, a deceased Pan American Airlines pilot. The complainant claims the right to recover $75,000.00, the proceeds from an insurance policy that the decedent purchased from the defendants in 1974. According to the companies, liability is preeluded by an exclusion 1 contained in the terms of the agreement. Both the plaintiff and the defendants have requested summary…