Thompson v. General Insurance Co. of America

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Joseph R. Thompson, from a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, which the circuit court entered in favor of the defendant General Insurance Company of America upon the latter’s motion. The plaintiff was an employee of a partnership known as Wendt Bros, which was engaged in ranching operations and which was the insured in a policy issued by the defendant’s predecessor. The policy provided that the insurance company would pay the amount designated in it to any employee of Wendt Bros, who sustained bodily injury or sickness “caused by accident” and arising…