Dyess v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Co.

CLAUDE WILLIAMS, Justice.

Connecticut General Life Insurance Company issued its “Group Accidental Death” insurance policy insuring the life of J. F. Dyess and naming his wife, Mary Ruth Dyess, as beneficiary. The policy contained a provision that upon receipt by the insurance company of due proof that J. F. Dyess had received an accidental bodily injury, and as a result of the injury, directly and independently of all other causes, had suffered loss of life within 90 days after the date of such injury and that such loss did not result from any of the risks excepted, the insurance company…