McMahan v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Ass'n

This is an action on a policy which insured Clarence L. McMahan

“. . . against loss of life . . . resulting directly and independently of all other causes, from bodily injuries sustained . . . through purely Accidental Means. . . .”

Mr. McMahan went to a hospital for an operation for the removal of herniated discs in the fourth and fifth interspaces of the lumbar vertebrae. The operation for the removal of the herniated discs was successful, but about twelve hours later Mr. McMahan died. An autopsy disclosed that he had a thrombus, commonly called a clot, in the'left iliac vein, which had…