Pirscher v. Casualty Co. of America

William F. Pirseher was insured with the Casualty Company of America under a policy commonly known as an accident and health policy. By paragraph J of that policy it was provided that

“if bodily disease or illness * * * shall wholly prevent the assured from performing any and every kind of duty pertaining to his occupation, for not less than one week, the company will pay him the minimum weekly indemnity for the period of continuous total disability during which he shall be necessarily confined to the house, not exceeding twenty-six consecutive weeks.”

The policy was issued on the 21st of…