CALDWELL v. MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INS. CO.

Docket No. B013974.

177 Cal.App.3d 381 (1986)

223 Cal. Rptr. 7

JOHN A. CALDWELL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

February 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

C. Robert Ferguson for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, Jeffrey P. Smith and James E. Curry for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

EAGLESON, J.

We hold that an employer's group health insurer is not required to provide individual health coverage to a former employee who received a certificate notifying him of his privilege to convert his group coverage to individual coverage because he failed to apply for such coverage within 31 days after his group insurance terminated. The summary judgment entered in favor of respondent Mutual Benefit Life Insurance...

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