Perrine v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Hall, J.

The plaintiff, beneficiary under two life insurance policies issued by defendant on the life of her husband, sued *122for the double indemnity benefit provided by those contracts in case the death of the insured occurred "as a result, directly and independently of all other causes, of bodily injuries, effected solely through external, violent and accidental means.” The trial judge, sitting with a jury, granted a judgment of involuntary dismissal at the end of plaintiff’s case on the basis that our decisions in Linden Motor Freight Co. v. Travelers…