Duty to Read

Duty to Read

• Many Misunderstandings with Reference to its Terms and Conditions might thus be removed.

1922 – American Agency Bulletin, Volume 19

• Law Reviews
  • 1974 – LR – Duty to Read–A Changing Concept, by John D. Calamari – 23p
• Lawsuits
  • 2008 – LC – AmerUs vs. Smith – Supreme Court of Alabama – Decision – 53p
    
  • Couch v. Wilco Life Insurance – jdsupra.com/legalnews/read-your-policy-carefully-ul-policy-s-85417/
  • Duty to Read – Walker v. LSW

• D. Duty to Read Policy
• The Alabama Supreme Court rejected the fraud and negligence claims of an insured who admittedly did not read his policy, reversed a jury verdict in favor of the insured, and  entered judgment in favor of the insurer in AmerUS Life Insurance Co. v. Smith.³³⁶
• On appeal, the court held that a plaintiff who is capable of reading documents, but who does not read them or investigate facts that should provoke inquiry, has not reasonably relied upon a oral representations that contradict the written terms in the  documents.^337″ 

2009 – RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN HEALTH INSURANCE, LIFE INSURANCE, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE CASE LAW. Hasman, J., Chittenden, W., Doolin, E., & Wall, J.Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, 44(2), 501-549.  (page 544)