Legal Opinion
Washington v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 8, 1977PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The plaintiff sued for accidental death benefits under policies insuring the life of her husband. Each policy provided that an amount twice the amount shown on the face of the policy would be paid “upon receipt of due proof that the death of the Insured occurred as the result, directly and independently of all other causes, of bodily injury caused solely by external, violent, and accidental means.” A judge of the Superior Court concluded that the plaintiff failed to prove compliance with the policy requirement of due proof of accidental death, and he ordered the entry of judgment for the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- King v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Belbas v. New York Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Krantz v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Traiser v. Commercial Travellers' Eastern Accident Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Howe v. National Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Andrea F. Demars v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Kasper v. Provident Life Insurance Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1979
- Minh Tu v. Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Union Central Life Insurance Company, John Alden Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
- Bohorquez v. Metropolitan Property & Casualty InsuranceMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 2000
- Burns v. Combined Insurance Co. of AmericaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1978
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