Legal Opinion
Lamb v. Northwestern National Life Insurance
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 2, 1983No. 1934, September Term, 1982PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Chief Judge.
The interesting question posed to us by this appeal is whether under the law of the District of Columbia a murder is a death by accidental means within the ambit of a double indemnity 1 clause of an insurance policy.
Before we endeavor to discuss the matter we shall first set the factual scene from which the case arose:
Edna and Charles Lamb returned to their home in Anne Arundel County from an evening at Palmer’s Restaurant in Landover, Maryland. The couple had been drinking and there apparently was an argument enroute to the home from the restaurant. We infer that the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Landress v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Lewis v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Hutchcraft's Ex'r v. Travelers' InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1888
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Diep v. RivasCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2000
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