Hartenstein v. New York Life Insurance

Mrs. Irma L. Hartenstein, as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy issued upon the life of her husband, Alfred D. Hartenstein, sued the New York Life Insurance Company to recover double indemnity provided for in the policy for death resulting “directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injury effected solely through external, violent and accidental means * * *; provided, however, that such double indemnity benefit shall not be payable if the insured’s death resulted, directly or indirectly, from (a) self-destruction, whether sane or insane * * * M

It is alleged in the…