Legal Opinion
Simpson v. Travelers Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 7, 1941No. 311PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, having received the face amount of a life insurance policy issued by defendant on her husband’s life, sues herein for $10,000 as additional or double indemnity payable in the event of the insured’s accidental death. On a trial to *684a jury, her complaint was dismissed on the merits at the conclusion of her direct case for failure to prove that the insured died from any of the causes for which the additional indemnity was payable.
As the evidence showed, the insured, George S. Simpson, was 52 years of age at the time of his death and prior to July 3, 1939, had…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Lewis v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Silverstein v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Paul v. . Travelers' Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Mansbacher v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Appel v. Ætna Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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- Gloria Wells v. Minnesota Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2018