North American Ins. Co. v. Ellison

The policy here in suit provides benefits for loss of life resulting from bodily injury caused by accident ‘£ within thirty days from date of accident * * * directly and independently of all other causes * * *” Following a fall on the back steps of her home on January 30, 1961, the insured, Mrs. Jennie Ellison, was taken to the Knoxville General Hospital where she died on February 13, 1951. This suit instituted by her husband as the named beneficiary resulted in a verdict and judgment in his favor from which the Company has appealed insisting that the insured died, at least partly, as a…