Legal Opinion
Beckham v. Travelers Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 4, 1967No. Appeal, 275PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Roberts,
Andrew Beckham, an employee of Humble Oil & Refining Company, named his mother, Elizabeth, beneficiary under a group life insurance policy issued by The Travelers Insurance Company on the life of Humble’s employees. The policy provided for death benefits of $4,000 and also contained a double indemnity provision operative in the event that “bodily injury not hereinafter excepted effected directly and independently of all other causes through accidental means shall be sustained by a Participant while insured under this Part and shall result [in death].” Andrew died…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- United States Mutual Accident Ass'n v. BarrySupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Landress v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Linden Motor Freight Co., Inc. v. Travelers Ins. Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1963
- Mansbacher v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Schonberg v. New York Life Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
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3Cited by63 opinions
- Ayala v. Philadelphia Board of Public EducationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Mary Jane Wickman v. Northwestern National Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Collister v. Nationwide Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Mohn v. American Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Tonkovic v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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