Feldmann v. CONNECTICUT MUT. LIFE INS. CO., ETC.

JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

The action is one by a beneficiary to recover on the accidental death benefit provision of three life insurance policies. The regular death benefit under each policy had been paid. By the provision involved, the insurer had agreed to pay an additional sum equal to the face amount of each policy, if the insured’s death resulted “from bodily injury effected solely through * * * accidental means”, excluding, however, death “from self-destruction” or “from poisoning”.1

The insured had died from an overdose of nembutal, known pharmacologically as pentobarbital sodium and…