Roberts v. Interstate Life & Accident Insurance

At the time of insured’s death, the $1,100 life insurance policy written by appellee Interstate Life and Accident Insurance Company insured him against the sustaining of “bodily injuries effected solely through violent, external, and accidental means, and . .. such bodily injuries (as) have directly and independently of all other causes, caused the death of the Insured”.

A later part of the policy contained a section designated “Exceptions”, which provided in part: “No indemnity for Death by Accidental Means shall be payable if death results ...(c) from injuries intentionally inflicted upon…