Court Opinion

ID: 9648742
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 14:33:55.413313+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:05.131026
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
Appellant earnestly argues that the jury’s finding, to the effect that insured’s answer, in his application for insurance, that he had never had any disease of the heart, was not false, was so against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence as to be clearly wrong. We adhere to our original holding, and, in addition to what we said in our original opinion, add the following:
There was one medical witness, and he testified, in addition to those matters stated in the opinion, that he gave certain tests in making his diagnosis. He said that Dees’ heart beat faster after exercise, but there was evidence that this was normal not only for a man forty-nine years old but also for a younger man. The doctor’s records reflected that the heart “Sounds of good quality.” He prescribed no rest, hospitalization, or that Dees quit his work. His records showed that the patient “has had no true episodes of angina, although he has had a couple of episodes marked by a little shortness of breath, at which time he immediately stopped and found some relaxation.” He testified that the electrocardiogram demonstrated no evidence of heart damage. He said that arteriosclerosis comes with advancing age and that he would expect to find some arteriosclerosis in the coronary arteries of any man of Dees’ age. He stated that many persons who have had angina on occasions will go for years with no further sign of recurring angina. In our opinion, from all the evidence, the jury was within its province in concluding that Dees’ condition was like that to which all men forty-nine years of age are heir to.
Appellant’s motion is in all things overruled.