Carroll v. Cuna Mutual Insurance Society

Opinion by

Judge NEY.

Plaintiff, Lyman Carroll, brought this action for declaratory judgment to determine whether his wife’s death was covered under an accidental death policy issued by CUNA Mutual Insurance Society. The court con-*76eluded that Mrs. Carroll’s death was not caused by an accident, and it therefore entered judgment in favor of CUNA. We affirm but under a different rationale.

It is undisputed that Mrs. Carroll died as a result of a rupture in a cerebral aneurysm. She suffered from hypertension, and at the time of the rupture, her blood pressure was further elevated as she engaged in…