Zuliskey v. Prudential Insurance

Opinion by

Arnold, J.,

Defendant appeals from the refusal of the court below to enter judgment n. o. y. upon a verdict for the plaintiff, in this action of assumpsit brought on two insurance policies to recover for the alleged accidental death of Bose Zuliskey, the insured. The amounts sought were payable if “the death . . . occurred as a result, directly and independently of all other causes, of bodily injuries effected solely through external, violent and accidental means. . . .”

The only testimony of the accident was that of one Hall. Bose Zuliskey and Hall had known each other for some ten…