Slaughter v. STATE CAPITAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

The plaintiff has abandoned all assignments of error except those relating to the judgment of nonsuit. The policy here involved provided coverage for death “resulting directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injury sustained by the insured solely through external, violent, and ¡accidental means.” In order to prevail in her suit on the policy, the plaintiff must bring the insured’s death within the coverage provision. If coverage is established, the defendant may relieve itself of liability by showing the insured’s death was caused “directly or indirectly, wholly or partly,…