Commonwealth Casualty & Ins. Co. v. Laurence

HALL, Justice.

Appellant, Commonwealth Casualty & Insurance Company, issued a health and accident policy to O. R. Hunt, now deceased, wherein appellee, Mildred H. Laurence, his daughter, was named beneficiary. She alleged in her petition that the insured, her father O. R. Hunt, died from accidental injuries received on January 19, 1948 directly and independently of all other causes.

Appellant defended on the theory that the insured’s death was primarily caused by coronary occlusion and that the secondary and contributing cause was coronary disease of the heart.

The case was tried to a jury and…