WELLS v. CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 72-1112.

469 F.2d 1231 (1972)

Barbara A. WELLS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Connecticut corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh J. McClearn, Denver, Colo., for plaintiff-appellant.

Arthur E. Otten, Jr., Denver, Colo. (Richard W. Breithaupt, Denver, Colo., on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before BARNES, HILL and HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judges.


HILL, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado directing a jury verdict for the appellee, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company (Connecticut General). The trial court determined at the close of the plaintiff's evidence that no contract of insurance existed which covered the life of the deceased, Donald W. Wells.

In early 1970, Petro Lewis Corporation determined that due to internal...

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