Rodia v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

This suit in assumpsit was brought by Carolina Rodia, plaintiff, to recover the principal sum of an accident insurance policy issued to her husband, Carmine Rodia, by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, defendant, and in which she was the named beneficiary. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff. Thereafter, the learned court below dismissed defendant’s motion for a new trial, but sustained the motion for judgment non obstante veredicto. From the judgment entered in favor of defendant, plaintiff appealed.

The policy in suit provided, inter alia, for…