Rovena Williams v. United Insurance Company of America

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

The principal question on appeal is whether an insurance company can be held liable for fraud where it represents at the time it sells an insurance policy that it will honor all valid claims for death benefits if the insured dies as a result of accidental bodily injury, although its general practice is to deny benefits if the insured dies as a result of driving while intoxicated, on the ground that death in such circumstances is not “accidental.” We affirm the defendant insurance company’s judgment notwithstanding the verdict because the evidence presented was not…