Pierce v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. of California

Plaintiff brought suit to recover upon two accident insurance policies. Trial to a jury resulted in a verdict in plaintiff’s favor. Defendant interposed motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial. The court granted the former motion and denied the latter. Judgment of dismissal was accordingly entered, and plaintiff appealed.

The policies in question were issued by respondent in 1926 and 1927, respectively, and, in addition to their principal sums, provided for a weekly payment of fifty dollars as insurance and indemnity to appellant

“Against Bodily Injury sustained . .…