MOORE v. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

No. 12388.

491 P.2d 227 (1971)

26 Utah 2d 430

Joan B. MOORE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Burton, of VanCott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Raymond M. Berry, of Worsley, Snow & Christensen, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


CROCKETT, Justice:

Plaintiff, Joan Moore, sued Prudential Insurance Company to recover as beneficiary on a life insurance policy of $12,000 covering the death of her former husband, Douglas G. Ridd. Prudential sought to avoid the policy obligation, claiming that there had been no acceptance of the policy by the insured, and that it had been obtained by misrepresentations in the application. A jury found for the plaintiff. Prudential appeals.

In 1967 Prudential...

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