Frazier v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Opinion

LAVINE, J. *

Defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Metropolitan) appeals from a jury verdict and judgment entered against it. The dispute arises out of a life insurance policy insuring the life of plaintiff’s husband, David Frazier (David), made available to him as part of his employment benefits by the federal government. The policy contained a basic death benefit payable in the event of Frazier’s death, with double indemnity in the event the insured’s death resulted solely from “violent, external and accidental means.” The accidental means death benefit contained a suicide…