Dorothy Aylesworth v. Mutual of Omaha, (77-1400) Dorothy Aylesworth v. Travelers Insurance Company, (77-1433)

The defendant insurance companies appeal the orders of District Judges Pratt and Joiner granting summary judgment to the plaintiff in two diversity suits to collect benefits under a policy of accident insurance issued by each of the insurance companies. The insurance contracts, which were entered into in Michigan, provide for benefits if the insured were accidentally killed or injured “while riding ... as a passenger in or on, or entering [in one of the contracts the word here is “boarding” instead of “entering”] or alighting from a public conveyance . . . provided by a common carrier for…