Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Co. v. Whipking

Complaint by Rose Whipking, beneficiary named in an accident insurance policy issued by appellant to Wash' Whipking, one of its employees. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The error assigned is the overruling of appellant’s motion for a new trial. The contentions that the verdict is not sustained by sufficient evidence and that it is contrary to law will be considered together.

The policy covered “loss resulting directly and independently of all other causes, from bodily injuries and death effected solely through external, violent accidental means”…