Simon v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.

The plaintiff, Dorothy O. Simon, is the widow of George Simon, the named insured. She seeks to recover on two policies of insurance issued by the defendant Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company. The “Travel Accident Policy” upon which the plaintiff seeks recovery provides insurance against a specified loss resulting from “bodily injury caused solely by an accident and resulting directly and independently of all other causes * * * while driving or riding in * * * a private passenger automobile ° * s.”

The “medical payments” coverage of the automobile policy upon which the plaintiff seeks to…