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COCKERHAM v. PILOT LIFE INS. CO., INC.

No. 8823SC130.

374 S.E.2d 174 (1988)

92 N.C. App. 218

Dorothy H. COCKERHAM Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PILOT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 6, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Jennings, Taylorsville, for plaintiff-appellant.

W.G. Mitchell, North Wilkesboro, for defendant-appellee.

PHILLIPS, Judge.

When Richard Walter Cockerham, plaintiff's late husband, died of an acute myocardial infarction on 28 August 1985, his life was insured by a policy of defendant's for $10,000. Defendant refused to honor the policy on the ground that in applying for it Cockerham answered an insurability question falsely; and this action to recover on the policy was dismissed at the close of plaintiff's evidence by a directed verdict on the ground that the evidence...

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