Legal Opinion
De Blieux v. Travelers Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 30, 1936No. Nos. 33499, 33500PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Justice.
These cases involve the same issues and were consolidated and submitted in both the lower court and here. The actions are by the joint beneficiaries of a life insurance policy issued on the life of their father on November 2, 1926, for the sum of $5,000, containing a double indemnity clause for accidental death, upon which the present claims are predicated. The plaintiffs allege that the insured’s death was caused from blood poisoning resulting from an accidental injury to his hand. The defendant paid the full amount of the life insurance, but denied liability under the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Freeman v. Mercantile Mutual Accident Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. MeyerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Fetter v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- White v. Standard Life & Accident InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Driskell v. United States Health & Accident InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1906
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Schonberg v. New York Life Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
- Thibodeaux v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
- Brunson v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Dennis v. Business Men's Assurance Company of Amer.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- Franklin v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
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