Legal Opinion
Harriet M. Gould v. Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 25, 1984No. 83-3790PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TANG, Circuit Judge:
PACTS
In May 1976, Vick Gould was found shot to death in a public park in Bellevue, Washington. He was killed by a bullet that entered through the base of his skull. Vick was insured under a life insurance policy issued by Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (“MONY”). The policy insured against accidental death, but excluded death by suicide. Plaintiff Harriet Gould, the insured’s widow and beneficiary of the policy, submitted a claim to collect the $25,000 proceeds of the policy. MONY refused payment, claiming that the death was by suicide.
Plaintiff then brought an…
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- Salois v. Mutual of Omaha InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1978
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- Levy v. North American Co. for Life & Health InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1978
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Harriet M. Gould, an Unremarried Widow v. Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies v. Alaskan Pride PartnershipCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- David L. Ladd, Register of Copyrights, Plaintiff-Counterdefendant-Appellee v. Law & Technology Press, Defendant-Counterclaimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Richardson v. City and County of HonoluluDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1991
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