Legal Opinion
Charles R. Little, Cross-Appellee v. Bankers Life and Casualty Company, Cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 13, 1970No. 28283_1PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge.
This Mississippi-based diversity action is predicated upon an insurance company’s refusal to pay proceeds allegedly due the named beneficiary under a certificate of insurance the company had issued covering death by accidental bodily injury to the named insured. The policy expressly excluded death by suicide from its coverage, and the insurer denied liability to the beneficiary in part on the ground that the named insured intentionally killed herself. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the insurer, and the District Judge overruled the beneficiary’s motion for a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Lighting Fixture and Electric Supply Co. Inc. v. The Continental Insurance Co., and Electric Supply Co. Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Frank Pruett v. Robert Ellington MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Jefferson Standard Life Ins. v. JefcoatsMississippi Supreme Court · 1932
- Hoover, Inc. v. McCullough Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by76 opinions
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- Frank Coughlin, Padre Concrete Corporation, A. W. Van Cleave, Jr. And Allied Crushed Stone Company v. Capitol Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Lubbock Feed Lots, Inc., and Lockney Cooperative Gin v. Iowa Beef Processors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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