Wait...Is That Legal?
A Podcast about TV Shows and Movies and the legal issues they raise. Each episode looks at a legal topic presented in a Movie or TV Show and analyzes it based on the real laws where the episode or movie is set.
Wait...Is That Legal?
Dietrichson v. Pacific All Risk Ins. Co.
Re: Life Insurance, Accident Policies/ Double Indemnity (1944)
What is a double indemnity clause? When can an insurance company deny a life insurance claim?
Sources:
Diamond v. New York Life Ins. Co., 286 N.Y.S. 625 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1936).
Funk v. New York Life Ins. Co., 60 N.Y.S.2d 349 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1946).
National Life & Accident Ins. Co. v. Edwards, 119 Cal.App.3d 326 (Cal. App. 1981).
People v. Snyder, 159 N.E. 408 (N.Y. 1927).
Prudential Ins. Co. of Am. v. Snyder, 254 N.Y.S. 732 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1928).
American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI). "ACLI 2022 Life Insurers Fact Book."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Mortality in the United States, 2021. NCHS Data Brief No. 456, December 2022. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db456.htm
Crowley & Shih, “What to do if Your Life Insurance Claim is Denied?” Policygenius (April 10, 2023). https://www.policygenius.com/life-insurance/what-to-do-if-a-life-insurance-claim-is-denied/
Written, Researched, and Recorded by Céleste Young, 2024.
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