· 9/17/1975
Kitchen v. Time Insurance Co.
Citations
- 232 N.W.2d 863
- 1975 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1022
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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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