Burns v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matohett
This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment in the sum of $515 entered upon the finding of the court. The action was based upon two life insurance policies issued by defendant on the life of plaintiff’s mother, Mary A. Burns. The policies provided for the payment of double indemnity in case of death by accidental means. The evidence shows that the insured died December 8, 1933, while the policy was in force, as a result of a fall to the sidewalk from the window of an apartment in which she lived. Defendant paid the life indemnity but resists payment of the- accidental death benefit upon…
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2Cases cited22 opinions
- Landress v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Manufacturers' Accident Indemnity Co. v. DorganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1893
- Freeman v. Mercantile Mutual Accident Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- National Masonic Acc. Ass'n of Des Moines v. ShryockCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1896
- Ohio Building Safety Vault Co. v. Industrial BoardIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Russell v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
- Cohen v. Travelers Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
- Ebbert v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1937
- Wolen v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1936
- Connecticut General Life Insurance v. AguilarDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
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