Sandra Trusty Runge v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

This is a suit on double indemnity clauses of two insurance policies. On the date of his death, plaintiff’s husband, Wilbur L. Runge, Jr., was insured by Metropolitan under two policies with a total face value of $19,000. Metropolitan paid the face amounts but declined to pay double on plaintiff’s contention that death resulted from injuries sustained “solely through violent, external and accidental means” within the meaning of the double indemnity clauses of the policies. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of Metropolitan. We affirm.

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