Legal Opinion
Claree Edwards v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 1, 1988No. 86-5238Published
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
This is a case about the scope of a particular term in an accidental death insurance policy in the District of Columbia. Appellant’s decedent, Donald Edwards, was run over by a bus from which he had just alighted. When the insurance company paid appellant the standard benefit for accidental death as a “pedestrian,” she sued to collect the higher award the policy reserved for death while a passenger on a common carrier. Appellee contends that Mr. Edwards was no longer a passenger at the time of his death. We heard oral argument in the case on February 6, 1987 and concluded…
3Cases cited5 opinions
- Carta v. Providence Washington Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1956
- Mohamed Habib and Middle East Services v. Raytheon Company and Raytheon Services CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Stoddard v. "Aid" InsuranceIdaho Supreme Court · 1976
- Saint Paul-Mercury Indemnity Co. v. BroylesMississippi Supreme Court · 1957
- Edwards v. Mutual of Omaha InsuranceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987