ESTATE OF BINGHAM v. NATIONWIDE LIFE INS. CO.

No. 52,480

231 Kan. 389 (1982)

646 P.2d 1048

ESTATE OF CLIFFORD E. BINGHAM, DECEASED, ALTA L. BINGHAM and WILLIAM H. BINGHAM, JR., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Fromme, of Weeks, Thomas & Lysaught, Chartered, of Kansas City, argued the cause, and Lee M. Smithyman, of the same firm, was on the brief for the appellant.

Patrick D. McAnany, of McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A., of Prairie Village, argued the cause, and Robert E. Fabian, of the same firm, and the firm of Goehring & Turner, of Kansas City, Missouri, were with him on the brief for the appellees.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM: This is an action brought by certain named beneficiaries to recover benefits under a group life and health insurance policy. After extensive discovery, the district court sustained the motion of the plaintiffs for summary judgment and awarded plaintiffs the full amount of the benefits under the policy plus attorney fees. The defendant, Nationwide Life Insurance Company, appealed to the Court of Appeals. That court affirmed...

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