Legal Opinion
Collins v. Nationwide Life Insurance Company
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 16, 1980No. Docket 63577Published
1Opinion of the Court
409 Mich. 271 (1980)
294 N.W.2d 194
COLLINS
v.
NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Docket No. 63577.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
Decided July 16, 1980.
La Barge & Dinning, P.C., by Ronald H. Greve, for plaintiff.
Robert B. Tatham (Norman L. Zemke, of counsel) for defendant.
2Per curiam
Plaintiff's husband died on December 29, 1973, as a result of acute alcoholic intoxication. An autopsy disclosed that the deceased had a blood alcohol level of .37 percent. Dr. Spitz, who performed the autopsy, testified, by deposition, that the abnormally high blood alcohol level resulted in fluid accumulation in decedent's lungs…
3Cases cited10 opinions
- Landress v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Beckham v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. HemenoverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1937
- Marsh v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1979
- Catania v. State Farm Life InsuranceNevada Supreme Court · 1979
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