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Thelma Vda. De Canilang Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

THELMA VDA. DE CANILANG, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS and GREAT PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 92492 | 1993-06-17

THIRD DIVISiON

D E C I S I O N 


FELICIANO, J.:


On 18 June 1982, Jaime Canilang consulted Dr. Wilfredo B. Claudio and was diagnosed as suffering from "sinus tachycardia." The doctor prescribed the following for him: Trazepam, a tranquilizer; and Aptin, a beta-blocker drug. Mr. Canilang consulted the same doctor again on 3 August 1982 and this time was found to have "acute bronchitis."

On the next day, 4 August 1982, Jaime Canilang applied for a "non-medical" insurance policy with respondent Great Pacific Life Assurance Company ("Great Pacific") naming his wife, petitioner Thelma Canilang, as his beneficiary. 1 Jaime Canilang was issued...