Kane v. Detroit Life Insurance’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 12 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Any person who shall solicit an application fofi insurance upon the life of another shall, in any controversy between the assured or his beneficiary and the company issuing any policy upon such application, be regarded as the agent of the company and not of the insured.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Randall v. Travelers Insurance · Northern Assurance Co. v. Kelly

2. ““Whether Kane actually knew of the false statements in his application and signed statement to the medical officer becomes immaterial, he having had them in his possession, as a part of the policies, for seven months, and it was his duty to know that the representations therein contained and which constituted the inducement for the issuance of the policies, were true. Silence during the life of the policy has been held to be persuasive proof of fraudulent intent.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Geleynse