Griffin v. First National Life Insurance

ELLIS, Judge.

This is a proceeding brought by Mary Griffin as the beneficiary of an accidental death insurance policy issued by the defendant insurance company on the life of one Harry Travis, deceased. The plaintiff alleges that on November 17, 1960 Harry Travis sustained an accidental injury which caused or developed into lockjaw causing his death at Charity Hospital in New Orleans on December 1, 1960.

The defendant denies liability on the ground that the death was not “accidental” within the terms of the policy, and has also relied on the specific exclusions contained in the policy that…