Unger v. New York Life Insurance

McAvoy, J.:

Plaintiff’s father, Adolph L. Unger, took out an insurance policy for the benefit .of the infant plaintiff as beneficiary. The policy was for the sum of $5,000 with double indemnity in case of death from injury effected through external, violent and accidental causes.

*81The claim here is that double indemnity was not applicable in this case because of suicide by the father, and it is agreed that if suicide was established only single indemnity could have been recovered.

The insured was killed by falling down the elevator shaft of the building where he kept offices. Defendant was…