Roque v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

At issue on this appeal is whether an insured died by “accidental means” for purposes of a double-indemnity clause of a policy of life insurance when the insured was shot and killed by a police officer as the insured pointed a gun at the officer during the commission of a burglary. Because the record demonstrates that the insured’s death was not accidental, we reverse the order of the Superior Court, 292 Pa.Super. 117, 436 A.2d 1033, and remand the record to the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna Coun ty with the direction that summary judgment be…