Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Protective Ass'n v. Bayersdorfer
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 28, 1939No. 7881PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HICKS, Circuit Judge.
Appellee, a resident of Steubenville, Ohio, sued appellant upon a policy of accident insurance issued by it upon the life of her husband, Stanley W. Bayersdorfer. Clause G provided in part, “This policy does not cover death * * * sustained as the result of participation in aviation, aeronautics or subaquatics. * * * ”
The facts were either stipulated or unchallenged. Bayersdorfer was a merchant at Steubenville. On April 7, 1936, he embarked at Camden, N. J., as a fare-paying passenger, on an airliner operated by Transcontinental and Western Air Lines, Inc. Its destination…
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- Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Head v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1930
- Bew v. Travelers' Insurance Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1921
- Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Ass'n v. BowmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Barreras v. SantanaSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1963
- Smith v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Ass'nSupreme Court of Kansas · 1953
- Kansas City Life Ins. Co. v. WellsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
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