Jones v. All American Life Insurance

MEYER, Justice.

The Court of Appeals held that although the plaintiff did not fit the statutory definition of “slayer” under N.C.G.S. § 31A-3Í3), because she had not been convicted of killing Hilliard, the defendant’s evidence to the effect that plaintiff killed or procured the killing of the insured nevertheless gave rise to a common law defense to plaintiffs claim for life insurance proceeds. This common law defense was held to survive the enactment of N.C.G.S. § 31A, Article 3 and to apply to appropriate cases outside the purview of the slayer statute. Quick v. Insurance Co., 287 N.C. 47,…