SCHOEMAN v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO.

No. 52170-1.

106 Wn.2d 855 (1986)

726 P.2d 1

JOYCE SCHOEMAN, Appellant, v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard K. Todd (of Dodd, Coney & Bishop, P.S.), for appellant.

Douglas E. Wheeler and Deborah D. Wright (of Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller), for respondent.


CALLOW, J.

The Superior Court dismissed the wrongful death claim brought by Mrs. Joyce Schoeman, the appellant, as personal representative of her deceased husband Giovanni Schoeman. She alleges that the respondent New York Life Insurance Company (Insurer) negligently issued a keyman life insurance policy on the life of her husband and such issuance was the proximate and foreseeable cause of his death. The trial court dismissed her action as a matter of law holding...

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