Turner v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Saginaw; Wilber, J., Assumpsit by Henry Turner against the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York on a policy of accident insurance. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, C. J.
This is an action to recover a weekly indemnity under an accident policy issued by the defendant to the plaintiff on the 8th day of January, 1888, and subsequently renewed from year to year, the last renewal certificate covering a period from January 8, 1894, to January 8, 1895. On February 10, 1894, while the plaintiff was carrying wood on a wheelbarrow, he slipped and fell, dislocating his right shoulder. He claims an indemnity under the policy for a total disability for a period of 10 weeks. At the time the policy was issued, and at the time of the accident, the plaintiff was engaged in…
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- Lyon v. Travelers' InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
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