Legal Opinion
Andrew L. Cunninghame v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 29, 1981No. 1309, Docket 81-7076PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Per curiam
This diversity case requires us to determine how the courts of Connecticut would interpret the terms of a group accidental death and dismemberment insurance policy under which appellee Andrew L. Cunning-hame brought suit to collect damages for an injury to his spinal cord. Even if we view this insurance policy as a contract of adhesion and, therefore, construe it in a manner most favorable to Cunninghame, the policy simply does not cover Cunninghame’s tragic injury. Accordingly, we must reverse the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Warren W.…
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