The falsity of any statement in the application for any policy of sickness and accident insurance covered by sections 44-709 to 44-767 may not bar the right to recovery thereunder unless such false statement materially affected either the acceptance of the risk or the hazard assumed by the insurer.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.14
Sickness and accident insurance; falsity of application; effect
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case White v. Medico Life Insurance (1982)
Most recently applied in Equitable Life Assurance Society v. Joiner (April 1986)
Laws 1957, c. 188, § 15, p. 658; Laws 1989, LB 92, § 144.
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Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.