Legal Opinion

DiEnes v. SAFECO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Utah Supreme Court

Decided June 10, 1968No. 11048PublishedCited by 8 opinions

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

  1. Browning v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Utah Supreme Court · 1937
  2. Standard Life Ins. Co. v. FosterMississippi Supreme Court · 1950

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. SandtUtah Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Pickhover v. Smith's Management Corp.Court of Appeals of Utah · 1989
  3. Fuller v. Director of FinanceUtah Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Whitlock v. Old American Insurance CompanyUtah Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Elton v. Bankers Life & Casualty CompanyUtah Supreme Court · 1973

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