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RAYFORD v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 70-2266.

359 F.Supp. 139 (1973)

Mrs. Addie RAYFORD, widow of Henry W. Batiste, Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

May 8, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Mulla, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Eugene R. Preaus, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., for defendant.

CASSIBRY, District Judge:

This case involves a $17,000 life insurance policy issued by the insurer, New York Life Insurance Company, to decedent, Henry Batiste. Upon Mr. Batiste's untimely death from an acute heart attack, his widow sought to recover the benefits of the policy from New York Life. The insurer refused to make payment, claiming that in filling out the pre-policy physical the decedent had given materially false answers to a number of questions, with the...

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