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Future Harm As A Current Disability: Insurance Coverage For A Risk Of Substance Abuse Relapse Under Erisa, Jonah Kind Jan 2015

Future Harm As A Current Disability: Insurance Coverage For A Risk Of Substance Abuse Relapse Under Erisa, Jonah Kind

Northwestern University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The 1979 Florida Workers' Compensation Reform: Back To Basics, William E. Sadowski, Jack Herzog, R. Terry Butler, Ruth L. Gokel Oct 1979

The 1979 Florida Workers' Compensation Reform: Back To Basics, William E. Sadowski, Jack Herzog, R. Terry Butler, Ruth L. Gokel

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Insurance -- 1960 Tennessee Survey, William R. Andersen Oct 1960

Insurance -- 1960 Tennessee Survey, William R. Andersen

Vanderbilt Law Review

One of the most delicate problems in insurance underwriting is that of describing the events whose occurrence is the primary condition of the insurer's obligation to pay. Several interesting cases were decided during the survey period involving disputes over whether or not an insured event had occurred.


Simulation Of Nervous And Mental Disease, Moses Keschner Apr 1946

Simulation Of Nervous And Mental Disease, Moses Keschner

Michigan Law Review

Simulation may be defined as a wilful, deliberate and fraudulent imitation or exaggeration of illness intended to deceive the observer for the purpose of gaining a consciously desired end. Simulation of a physical or mental illness is usually resorted to: (1) by persons who have sustained an injury, the disability resulting therefrom being compensable by benefits payable under the workmen's compensation law or by damages in personal injury actions based on alleged negligence; (2) by persons who wish to obtain insurance benefits for disability in accordance with the provisions of health, accident and life insurance policies, and included in this …


Insurance Concepts Of Total And Permanent Disability, John Alan Appleman, John D. Carson Jan 1946

Insurance Concepts Of Total And Permanent Disability, John Alan Appleman, John D. Carson

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Interpretation Of Disability Insurance Policies - New England Life Insurance Co. V. Hurst Jan 1938

Interpretation Of Disability Insurance Policies - New England Life Insurance Co. V. Hurst

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Interpretation Of Disability Insurance Policies - New England Life Insurance Co. V. Hurst Jan 1938

Interpretation Of Disability Insurance Policies - New England Life Insurance Co. V. Hurst

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Contracto-Impossibility As An Excuse For Failure To Perform Conditions In Insurance Policies Requiring Notice Of Loss Dec 1935

Contracto-Impossibility As An Excuse For Failure To Perform Conditions In Insurance Policies Requiring Notice Of Loss

Michigan Law Review

Policies of insurance invariably contain provisions to the effect that, upon occurrence of the event insured against, notice thereof shall be given to the insurer. As in the normal contract, such condition qualifies the undertaking of the promisor unless its performance is legally excused. In actions for breach of promise, impossibility of performance has been held to constitute a good defense to the suit for damages in certain instances, though the early rule was that payment of damages was never impossible and hence impossibility of performance was no defense in an action for breach. It is to be noted that …


Note Re Incapacity As An Excuse For Failure To Notify Insurer Regarding Total Disability Jun 1934

Note Re Incapacity As An Excuse For Failure To Notify Insurer Regarding Total Disability

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Insurance--Forfeiture Of Policy--Insanity Not An Excuse For Failure To Notify Insurer As To Total Disability, R. E. Hagberg Apr 1934

Insurance--Forfeiture Of Policy--Insanity Not An Excuse For Failure To Notify Insurer As To Total Disability, R. E. Hagberg

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.