Gittelson v. Mutual Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
The defendants issued insurance policies on the life of Morris Gittelson which contained provisions for double indemnity in the event that death resulted from accidental injury exclusively of all other causes. The policy of the defendant, Mutual Life Insurance Company, stated that such double indemnity ‘ ‘ shall not be payable * * * if such death result * * * directly or indirectly from bodily or mental infirmity or disease of any sort.” That of the New York Life Insurance Company stated .that the double indemnity “ will not apply if the insured’s death resulted * * * from physical or mental…
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