Bracey v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of defendant rendered after trial without a jury in an action to recover under a double indemnity provision of a policy issued by defendant upon the life of plaintiff’s husband which provided that the sum of $5,000 would be payable if the death of the insured “ resulted, directly and independently of all other causes, from bodily injuries caused solely by external, violent and accidental means, ” provided, however, that “ such benefit shall not be payable if death (1) is caused or contributed to by disease or bodily or mental infirmity or medical or…