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· 9/17/1975

Kitchen v. Time Insurance Co.

Citations

  • 232 N.W.2d 863
  • 1975 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1022

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that chronic alcoholism, unaccompanied by other physical or organic maladies, is considered by the medical profession to be a disease or sickness and holding that alcoholism is a sickness within the meaning of the insurance policy
  • undefined term \sickness\ in insurance policy includes alcoholism; court's opinion based on a review of numerous cases not involving insurance policy clauses
  • the otherwise defined term “sickness” includes alcoholism

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Judges: LeGRAND

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