Burns v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp.

Although there is nothing in the record to so indicate, we assume from the statements contained in the briefs of both counsel that the law of Ohio is to govern the construction of the terms of the policy..

Briefly, we are to consider whether the death of one caused by amebic dysentery, contracted from drinking water infected by the breaking of a sewer pipe, is the result of a bodily injury sustained by accidental means.

There is little to guide us in the decided cases of this state with reference to the construction of an insurance policy of this.nature. Primarily we are to determine the line…