Legal Opinion
Doris Meusy v. Montgomery Ward Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 28, 1991No. 90-35762PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
Montgomery Ward Life Insurance Company appeals the district court’s judgment in favor of Doris Meusy in her diversity action to recover insurance benefits arising from the death of her husband. Because the court’s finding that Mr. Meusy’s death from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest was proximately caused by a car accident is not supported by the evidence and its reliance on Norbeck v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co., 3 Wash.App. 582, 476 P.2d 546 (1970), review denied, 79 Wash.2d 1001 (1971), was misplaced, we reverse.
BACKGROUND
On September 2,1983,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Travelers' Ins. v. MelickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894
- Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania v. Associated International Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- Orcutt v. Spokane CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1961
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