Peck v. Rockford Life Insurance

The plaintiffs, beneficiaries under two life insurance policies insuring their son, appeal from the judgment below which dismissed their complaint seeking additional indemnity for accidental death.

The complaint, as amended, essentially alleged that the insured died as a result of one or more of the following acts:

“(a) From an over-dose of gasoline inhalation as set forth in an Inquisition of the Coroner of Winnebago County, Illinois, dated June 24, 1970, a copy of which Inquisition 1 is attached hereto and marked Exhibit “A”;(b) From inhalation of gasoline vapors causing acute gasoline…