Gates v. New York Life Insurance

21 Mich. App. 21 (1969)

174 N.W.2d 862

GATES

v.

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Docket No. 5,198.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided December 10, 1969.

Philip A. Clancey, for plaintiffs.

Murchie, Calcutt & Brown, for defendant.

Before: LEVIN, P.J., and HOLBROOK and DANHOF, JJ.

DANHOF, J.

Plaintiffs commenced suit against defendant insurance company, as beneficiaries of a life insurance policy on the life of the deceased, alleging that the death of the insured, their son, was "accidental" under the terms of the insurance policy, and therefore, they were entitled to an additional $5,000 arising out of the…