Legal Opinion

Emergency Aid Ins. Co. v. Connell

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 19, 1952No. 5 Div. 551PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

This is a suit by appellee against appellant on an accident insurance policy for a bodily injury which appellee sustained on June 7, 1948. It is admitted that the policy was in force at that time.

The policy contained the usual general provision of coverage, using the standard phrase as for bodily injury sustained “solely through accidental means,” and contains a provision that the injury shall “result directly and independently of all other causes” from the accident, with a special provision containing the following clause, “injuries, fatal or otherwise, loss or disability…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Silverstein v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
  2. First Nat. Bank v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  3. Benefit Ass'n of Ry. Employees v. ArmbrusterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  4. Benefit Ass'n of Ry. Employees v. ArmbrusterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
  5. Standard Acc. Ins. of Detroit v. HoehnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Liberty National Life Insurance Company v. ReidSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  2. Emergency Aid Insurance Co. v. DobbsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  3. New York Life Insurance Company v. Juanita Stokes McGehee as of the Estate of William B. McGeheeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
  4. Brown v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
  5. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. McCrearyAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954

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