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THOMPSON v. EQUIT. L. ASSUR. SOC. of U.S.

447 Pa. 271 (1972)

Thompson, Appellant, v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 20, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel J. Goldstein, for appellant.

Richard C. Witt, with him Thomas Lewis Jones, Samuel P. Gerace, and Jones, Gregg, Creehan & Gerace, for appellees.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, April 20, 1972:

Coster Thompson, Sr., contracted pulmonary tuberculosis some time in December of 1945. Although he continued working at the Clairton Works of the United States Steel Corporation until April 26, 1946, his condition deteriorated rapidly from the inception of the disease. Because of the contagious nature of his illness, his wife, Lenora Thompson, appellant, was advised to live separately...

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