Newsome v. Travelers Insurance
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action upon insurance policy. Before Judge Bell. Fulton superior court. April 20, 1914.
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, J..
1. Where one person injures another, and the injury is not the result of misconduct or provocation by the injured person, but is unforeseen by him, it is as to him an accident within the meaning of an accident policy insuring him against bodily injuries effected through external, violent, áncl accidental means. Travelers Insurance Co. v. Wyness, 107 Ga. 584 (3), 589 (34 S. E. 113); American Accident Co. v. Carson, 99 Ky. 441 (36 S. W. 169, 34 L. R. A. 301, 59 Am. St. R. 473).
2. A provision contained in an accident-insurance policy of the character *786just described, -which excepts…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Utter v. Travelers' InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
- Hutchcraft's Ex'r v. Travelers' InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1888
- American Accident Co. v. CarsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1896
- Travelers Insurance v. WynessSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Travelers Protective Ass'n v. FawcettIndiana Court of Appeals · 1914
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- Independent Life & Accident Insurance v. ThorntonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1960
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