Legal Opinion
Interstate Life & Accident Insurance Co. v. Gammons
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided April 1, 1966PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
Daisy F. Gammons and Cordell H. Gammons, as beneficiaries of a health and accident insurance policy insuring J ames F. Gammons against death by accidental means, recovered a nonjury judgment in the amount of $6,000.00 against the insuror, Interstate Life & Accident Insurance Co., and the insuror has appealed.
It is admitted insured was killed in an automobile accident while the policy was in force. However, liability is denied on the ground there is a provision in the policy, “the company shall not be liable for any loss sustained or contracted in consequence of the insured being intoxicated *…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. BennettTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
- Bloom v. Franklin Life InsuranceIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- National Life & Accident Ins. v. EddingsTennessee Supreme Court · 1949
- Britton v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaTennessee Supreme Court · 1959
- Interstate Life & Accident Ins. Co. v. GannTennessee Supreme Court · 1954
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. JeffersonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2002
- Blaylock & Brown Construction, Inc. v. AIU Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
- Blue Diamond Coal Co. v. Holland-America Insurance Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1984
- Doochin v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
- Swindler v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceTennessee Supreme Court · 1969
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