Legal Opinion

Stevenson v. Connecticut General Life Insurance

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided September 24, 1975No. 20097PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Bussey, Justice:

The plaintiff-respondent Stevenson was the holder of an accident insurance policy issued by the defendant-appellant Connecticut, which provided for the payment of certain dessignated amounts if the insured “received an accidental bodily injury * * *, and as a result of the injury or exposure; *350directly and independently of all other causes, has suffered any of the following losses * * The insured suffered the amputation of his left foot following an injury; the insurer denied liability and upon trial the insured obtained a jury verdict and the insurer appeals.

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Lickleider v. Iowa State Traveling Men's Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1918
  2. Goethe v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1937
  3. Young v. Railway Mail Ass'nMissouri Court of Appeals · 1907
  4. Freeman v. Commonwealth Life Ins.Indiana Supreme Court · 1972
  5. Wheeler v. Globe & Rutgers Fire Ins.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1923

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Pelkey v. General Electric Capital Assurance Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2002
  2. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance v. DawkinsDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1982
  3. Home Insurance Com. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co.District Court, M.D. Alabama · 2005
  4. Simpson by McMehan v. Jefferson-Pilot Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
  5. PA. NAT. MUT. CAS. INS. CO. v. DawkinsDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1982

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