MINNESOTA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. LAWSON

No. 21265.

377 F.2d 525 (1967)

The MINNESOTA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, etc., Appellant, v. John LAWSON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

May 25, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Lee Campbell, Karr, Tuttle, Campbell, Koch & Granberg, Seattle, Wash., Dougherty, Rumble & Butler, St. Paul, Minn., for appellant.

Ralph C. Hove, Arnold J. Barer, Wettrick, Toulouse, Lirhus & Hove, Seattle, Wash., for appellee.

Before BROWNING, DUNIWAY, and ELY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant appeals from a judgment awarding appellee the face amount of a policy payable if the insured is "totally disabled by bodily injury or disease and presumably will be permanently prevented thereby for life from pursuing any occupation for remuneration or profit."

Appellant contends that the district court erred in construing this language as allowing recovery if appellee showed inability to engage in any occupation similar or comparable...

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