KNUCKLES v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 12254.

480 P.2d 745 (1971)

25 Utah 2d 319

James P. KNUCKLES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 5, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Roger H. Thompson, Leonard J. Lewis, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Van Cott Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Roger H. Thompson, Leonard J. Lewis, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Robert H. Ruggeri, Moab, for respondent.


HENRIOD, Justice:

Appeal from a judgment of the trial court sitting without a jury, for benefits under an insurance policy because of loss of sight. Affirmed with costs to plaintiff, Knuckles.

Knuckles, 31 at the time of his injury, was a resident of Bittle Lane, Utah, formerly of Dove Creek, Colorado. He had been employed as a miner since he left high school, at Slick Rock, Colorado, for Climax Uranium and at the time of injury for Texas Gulf Sulphur at its...

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