Legal Opinion

Fields v. Pyramid Life Insurance

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided November 1, 1943No. 38519Published

1Opinion of the Court

BOHLING, C.

The issue as presented is whether a beneficiary under accident insurance provisions which expressly exclude coverage fof death caused by poison may recover the accidental death *144benefits where insured’s death resulted from self-administered poison while insane. (We set out the policy provisions in the footnote.*) The case is here.upon certification from the Kansas City Court of Appeals. See Fields v. Pyramid Life Insurance Company, 169 S. W. 2d 111. It is an action by the beneficiary for double indemnity under accidental death provisions of two insurance policies issued by the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Whitfield v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. of HartfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. Brunswick v. Standard Accident InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1919
  3. Cleaver v. Central States Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1940
  4. State Ex Rel. Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. ShainSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
  5. Langan v. United States Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939

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