Legal Opinion
Gail Graves v. The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 23, 1955No. 19-865PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.
The Company appeals from a double indemnity verdict for $11,840, with interest, arising out of the fatal shooting of plaintiff’s husband, the deceased insured, Lee Graves.
In 1937 the Company insured the life Of the deceased in a policy which provided for double indemnity benefits if death “resulted solely from bodily injuries effected directly and exclusively by external, violent and accidental means,” providing that such double benefits shall not be payable if the death * * * “resulted directly or indirectly from illness or disease of any kind or from physical or…
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- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. DodgeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1926
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