Siracusa v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America

FOURNET, Justice.

This is a suit to recover the sum of $5,000 under the “Accidental Death Benefit” clause of an insurance policy issued by the Prudential Insurance Company of America on the life of Thomas Siracusa, and it is now before us on an appeal taken by the company from a judgment in favor of Mrs. Rosaría Siracusa, the widow of the deceased, individually and on behalf of her minor son, Gaetano Siracusa, the beneficiaries under the policy.

The insured’s decapitated and badly decomposed body was found 52 days after his disappearance lying in a woody section on the edge of the lake side of…