Legal Opinion

Pendell v. Westland Life Insurance

California Court of Appeal

Decided January 27, 1950No. Civ. 17130PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VALLÉE, J.

Appellant, defendant below, appeals from a judgment for plaintiff in an action for a declaration of his rights under a contract of health and accident insurance.

June 21, 1943, appellant issued a policy of insurance called •‘Employees Income Policy (Non-Occupational) ” by which it agreed to indemnify respondent for specified losses. In part it read that if respondent, while the policy was in force, should sustain loss resulting directly and independently from all other causes from accidental bodily injury which did not arise out of or was not sustained in the course of employment for…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. See v. North American Accident InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Smith v. WhittierCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Thornton v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  4. Atlanta Accident Ass'n v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  5. Island v. Fireman's Fund Indemnity Co.California Supreme Court · 1947

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Continental Casualty Co. v. Phoenix Construction Co.California Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Wildman v. Government Employees Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1957
  3. Carson v. Facilities Development Co.California Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Ritchie v. Anchor Casualty Co.California Court of Appeal · 1955
  5. Matsuo Yoshida and Chisato Yoshida v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957

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