DiEnes v. SAFECO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Utah Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
ELLETT, Justice:
This is a suit by beneficiaries upon an insurance policy containing the following language:
Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefits — Subject to the exclusion provision, if any employee, while insured by this policy and prior to retirement, sustains bodily injuries effected solely through external, violent and accidental means, and as a result thereof, suffers within 90 days one of the following losses, Lifeco 1 Insurance Company of America will pay * * * [Emphasis added]
1. For loss of life, the full amount; ******
Exclusions — No Benefits * * * shall be paid for accidental…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Browning v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Utah Supreme Court · 1937
- Standard Life Ins. Co. v. FosterMississippi Supreme Court · 1950
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- Elton v. Bankers Life & Casualty CompanyUtah Supreme Court · 1973
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