Peabody v. Continental Life Insurance

This is an action on an accident insurance policy by the beneficiary therein designated. Case, the insured, met his death on a Maryland highway in a collision with a moving motor car. The defense relied on is that Case committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a rapidly-moving automobile, thereby intentionally causing his death. At the conclusion of all the evidence, the trial court, on defendant’s motion, dismissed the action. Plaintiff has appealed.

The policy provided that it did not cover loss in case of death by suicide, whether insured was sane or insane.

The decision of this…