Durand v. Horace Mann Life Insurance Co.

ARMSTRONG, Judge.

Plaintiff, Jo Ann Durand, instituted this action against defendant, Horace Mann Life Insurance Company, seeking to recover accidental death benefits for the death of her husband, under a life insurance policy issued by defendant. Defendant now appeals from a trial court judgment in plaintiff’s favor. We affirm.

In January, 1982, plaintiff’s husband, Stanley Durand, received fatal injuries in an airplane crash in Picayune, Mississippi. Prior to his death Mr. Durand purchased a life insurance policy from defendant, naming plaintiff as beneficiary. Upon Mr. Du-rand’s death…