Legal Opinion

Petkov v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 5, 1935No. Appeal, 295PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

TMs was a suit for an accidental death benefit under a policy of life insurance, and also a suit for benefit under an accident policy. The accidental death benefit was payable under the life policy if death occurred in consequence of bodily injury effected solely through external, violent and accidental means, independently and exclusively of all other causes, and it was further provided that this provision for the payment of an increased amount in the event of death from bodily injury should not apply if the death of the insured resulted, directly or indirectly, from disease or…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Fornelli v. Penna. R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Frank, Admr. v. BayukSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Walters v. Federal Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Bunn v. FursteinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  4. Owens v. PetersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  5. Reiser v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937

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