Collins v. Equitable Life Insurance

Hatcher, Judge:

Plaintiff obtained a verdict and judgment for “double indemnity additional accidental death benefit” upon an insurance policy issued by defendant oh the life of her husband. The double liability depended upon death resulting from bodily injury caused exclusively by accidental means, evidenced by a visible external mark on the body.

It was the matutinal custom of the insured, a large man aged forty-three years, to proceed by automobile to within about four blocks of his office, park his car, and then walk the remaining distance. The time he required for the walk is not shown, but…