Occidental Life Insurance Company of Cal. v. Huff

CATES, Judge.

This cause was submitted on second appeal May 11, 1965. See 42 Ala.App. 156, 156 So.2d 380.

Huff commenced his action by suing on a group policy which provided an eight hundred dollar benefit for, among other things, “irrecoverable loss of the use of a hand.” We quote from appellant’s brief as follows:

“ * * * On December 23, 1959 * * * [Huff’s] gloved hand was caught in a steel roller machine and * * * was pulled down into the machine. * * * An amputation was performed on the four fingers of his left hand by Dr. [A. W.] Davidson. There was no injury to the thumb, to the palm of…