Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Douglass

DAWKINS, District Judge.

Defendant below appeals from a judgment for the appellee on an accident insurance policy dated January 10, 1917, insuring the husband, F. A. Douglass, against death “caused directly and exclusively by bodily injury sustained, solely and independently of all other causes, through accidental means” (emphasis added). Appellee was named as the beneficiary and Douglass died December 20, 1951. On that day Mrs. Douglass brought home a crate of grapefruit in a station wagon and Mr. Douglass arrived sometime later. About 6:30 p. m., they had a highball, followed by a heavy…