Legal Opinion

Adkins v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1938No. 8674Published

1Opinion of the Court

Maxwell, President:

In this action, based on a life, health and accident insurance policy, the plaintiff obtained a verdict and judgment for $117.00. Writ of error was awarded the defendants — the insurance company and its sureties on appeal bond from the justice’s court to the circuit, court.

The bottom question is the application to the facts of a liability exemption which reads: “The Policy does not cover disability * * * arising from the intentional act of any other person * * The insured contends he was accidentally injured and therefore the exemption is inapplicable. The insurer takes the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Harper v. Jefferson Standard Life InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1938

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