JACOBSON v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF U. S.

No. 15401.

381 F.2d 955 (1967)

Sylvia JACOBSON and American Cold Hearing Corp., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF the UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin M. Becker, Robert A. Sprecher, Bernard Savin, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Miles G. Seeley, Wm. Bruce Hoff, Jr., Burton E. Glazov, Lawrence R. Levin, Chicago, Ill., for The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Mayer, Friedlich, Spiess, Tierney, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Before CASTLE, KILEY and FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judges.


FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

Action by named beneficiaries to recover on two $50,000 life insurance policies issued by defendant Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (Equitable).1 The jury returned a verdict for Equitable.

On February 16, 1961, the insured Morton Jacobson, dealing with David Dorin, an agent for Equitable, made an incomplete application for $100,000 life insurance. Mr. Jacobson was medically examined...

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