Stevens v. Travelers Insurance Co.

STEAKLEY, Justice.

Louis Morris Stevens was killed on October 21, 1973, when the automobile he was driving crashed into a bridge abutment. He was insured in event of accidental death by the Travelers Insurance Company, Respondent here, through membership in the Exxon Travel Club, Inc. A beneficiary was not named in the policy. Our Petitioner, Geraldine Stevens, Individually and as Ad-ministratrix of the Estate of Louis Morris Stevens, sued to recover the proceeds of the policy. Travelers answered by denying that the death of Stevens was accidental, and alleged that he committed suicide.

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