Warbende v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America

TREANOR, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court in favor of the plaintiff rendered in a suit on double indemnity riders attached to two policies in which the plaintiff was named as the beneficiary. Each policy provided for the payment of $2000 which was termed the “face amount of insurance”; and each policy also provided that in event of death by accidental means an additional $2000 should be paid to the beneficiary as “accidental death benefit.” The instant suit involves only the sum payable in the event of death by accidental means. The only provision in the…