Provident Life & Accident Ins. v. Wallace

The plaintiff below sues the Insurance Company to recover two monthly benefits of $100 each, growing out of a disability allegedly accidently sustained which would entitle him to a recovery under the provisions of an accidental policy carried by him with the company.

The plaintiff’s policy covers “bodily injury which is affected solely through external, violent and accidental means . . .” The defense is that the injury complained of does not fall within this category.

The plaintiff says that he stopped his automobile at the curb and went into a store to make a purchase, when he returned and…