Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Herndon

This was a suit on a policy of accident insurance which provided for compensation on account of injuries “effected solely through external, violent, and accidental means.” According to the pleadings and the testimony of the plaintiff, he suffered the loss of the sight of an eye which' became infected as the result of wiping his face on a towel furnished by his employer, upon which were gonococci germs, or some other disease germs, left there by some other employee. A verdict and judgment were rendered in favor of the plaintiff, and exception is taken to the refusal of the court to grant the…