Blazek v. North American Life & Casualty Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding bricklayer was not precluded from recovering total disability benefits, even though he returned to laying brick on a part-time basis
• holding bricklayer was not precluded from recovering total disability benefits, even though he returned to laying brick on a part-time basis
• approving jury instruction explaining the phrase “totally disabled” does not require literal construction
• upholding jury’s verdict that insurer had waived right to written notice of claim within 20 days after an accident based on insurer’s conduct of making disability payment and accepting premium payment after it was aware of the accident
• approving jury instruction explaining the phrase “totally disabled” does not require literal construction
• contract requiring an insured to be “totally and continuously disable[d]” and unable to perform “every duty pertaining to his occupation” before disability benefits could issue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).