Brendle v. Shenandoah Life Insurance

COZORT, Judge.

Plaintiff filed a complaint seeking to recover double indemnity accidental death benefits under a group life insurance policy for the accidental death of her husband. Plaintiffs husband was involved in a truck accident which rendered him a quadriplegic until his death three years later. Defendant answered that nothing was owed under the accidental death coverage because death did not occur within 90 days of the accident as stipulated in the policy. Defendant moved for summary judgment claiming the insurance policy did not provide the coverage claimed by the plaintiff. The court…