Barnes v. North American Accident Insurance

Opinion by

Gunther, J.,

This is a claim arising from the interpretation of a policy of insurance covering injury or death from accidental means. The court below entered a directed verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount of the policy.

This appeal involves an exclusion in the policy which reads as follows: “This policy does not cover the Insured . . . for any loss resulting from injuries, fatal or non-fatal, except drowning of which there shall be no visible mark or contusion on exterior of the body at the place of injury, the body itself in case of death not to be deemed such.” The…