Legal Opinion
New York Life Ins. Co. v. Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 22, 1949No. 12227_1PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEALY, Circuit Judge.
Appellant in 1928 issued to appellee’s husband a policy of life insurance providing for the payment to appellee of double indemnity upon proof that the death of the insured “resulted directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injury effected solely through external, violent and accidental means.” The appeal is from a judgment in favor of the beneficiary under the double indemnity provision.
On April 7, 1947, the insured was operated on for hernia. He was at that time sixty-one years old and in the opinion of the operating surgeon was in the ordinary good…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- McNeil v. Panhandle Lumber Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1921
- Browning v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Utah Supreme Court · 1937
- Browning v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Utah Supreme Court · 1938
- McMartin v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1934
- Watkins Ex Rel. Watkins v. Federal Life InsuranceIdaho Supreme Court · 1934
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Raley v. Life & Casualty Insurance Co. of TennesseeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1955
- Emergency Aid Ins. Co. v. ConnellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
- Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. McKeeverDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
- Paulissen v. US LIFE INS. CO. IN CITY OF NYDistrict Court, C.D. California · 2002
- Wilson v. Business Men's Assur. Co. Of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
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