Delores Stilwell v. The Travelers Insurance Company

GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant claimed accidental death benefits under the terms of a group insurance policy which provided payment if bodily injury was “effected * * * through * * * accidental means.” The immediate cause of death, according to the death certificate, was “accidental death due to voluntary hanging.”

Whether the means was accidental or intentional was a question of fact, which in this case was submitted to the jury. United States Mutual Accident Association v. Barry, 1889, 131 U.S. 100, 9 S.Ct. 755, 33 L.Ed. 60; and Atlanta Accident Association v. Alexander, 1898, 104…