Kobylakiewicz v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trenchard, J.

This is the defendant’s appeal from a judgment of the District Court rendered by the trial judge, sitting without a jury, against the defendant for the sum of $500 the amount of an “accidental death benefit” claimed by the plaintiff under a policy of insurance issued by the defendant on the life of Stanley Kobylakiewiez.

The defense was that the proofs failed to show that the insured “sustained bodily injury, solely through external, violent and accidental means, occurring after the date of the policy and resulting in the death of the…