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

No. 71-356.

269 So.2d 747 (1972)

The EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF the UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Catherine R. Best WAGONER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe B. Weeks, of Gurney, Gurney & Handley, Orlando, for appellant.

John W. Williams, Jr., of Howell, Kirby, Montgomery, D'Aiuto, Dean & Hallowes, Rockledge, for appellee.


OWEN, Judge.

The beneficiary brought suit on a group life insurance policy, resulting in a judgment adverse to the insurer following a jury trial. The principal question on appeal is whether the effective date of coverage for a deceased employee is determined by the language of the policy of group insurance issued to the employer, or by the contradictory provisions of the certificate of insurance issued to the deceased employee.

Appellant issued a group life...

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