Legal Opinion
Donnelly v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 26, 1934No. Appeal 124PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Baldrige, J.,
This action of assumpsit was brought against the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company upon a policy insuring against bodily injuries caused, directly and independently of all other causes, by violent and accidental means.
The plaintiff, a salesman and district manager of a chemical company, was insured in the defendant company under a policy, issued June 26, 1924, in consideration of a semi-annual premium of $9.90. On Friday, August 28, 1931, in leaving the high school at Greenville, Pa., he bumped into a door jamb, striking his right eye. While driving hack to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Curran v. National Life Insurance Co. of the United StatesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
- American Fire Insurance v. HazenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
- Edelson v. American Employers InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Dunshee v. Travelers InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
3Cited by6 opinions
- Unverzagt v. PresteraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Ross v. Mayflower Drug Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Dunn v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1941
- Coburn v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1936
- Clements v. State Farm Fire and Casualty CompanyDistrict Court, D. Utah · 2024
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