Dawson v. Bankers Life Co.

The facts are substantially as follows:

The insured was a young man 27 years of age. On the day of and shortly before his death, he was engaged in playing a game of baseball. In running the bases during the seventh inning, he made a slide to third base.

It is plaintiffs’ contention that he was injured internally in the slide to third base. Some 15 or 20 minutes after the “slide” he was taken violently ill and removed to a doctor’s office, wherein he died in about an hour.

Up to the time of receiving the alleged injury, he was sLrong, healthy, and robust; had never had any rheumatism, influenza,…