Legal Opinion
United Insurance Company v. Nicholson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 24, 1956No. 1720PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
The life of Johnnie Cherry was covered by two policies written by United Insurance Company. One was a life policy with double indemnity for accidental death and the other an accident benefit policy. Both policies specifically excepted death resulting from self-inflicted injuries.
Cherry was serving a twenty-day term in the District jail on a charge of drunkenness. One night- he was found dead in the men’s washroom, lying at the base of an approximately seven-foot tile partition wall, his head approximately two and one-half feet from the base of the wall. An autopsy…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Pereira v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- New York Life Insurance v. GamerSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Heffron v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Kenney v. Washington Properties, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Faye R. Beaver v. Fidelity Life AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
- Group Hospitalization, Inc. v. FoleyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969
- Insurance Company of North America v. RuppertDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
- Cohoon v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Bacon v. Life & Casualty Insurance Co. of TennesseeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
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