Legal Opinion
Jackson v. National Life & Accident Insurance
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 27, 1973No. 48350PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, Judge.
Is a death from "acute narcotism, heroin,” occurring "suddenly following an injection of narcotics” within the coverage of a life insurance policy providing benefits when there is a "death by accidental means”?
Plaintiff, mother of the insured, sued as beneficiary under three life insurance policies. Each of these policies carried the same language reading: "Upon receipt of due proof that the death of the insured resulted directly, and independently of all other causes, from bodily injuries effected solely through external, violent and accidental means, the Company will pay the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Landress v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Thompson v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951
- Fulton v. Metropolitan Casualty InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1917
- Cobb v. Preferred Mutual Accident Ass'nSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
- Johnson v. National Life & Accident Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Weil v. Federal Kemper Life Assurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1994
- Minnesota Fire & Casualty Co. v. GreenfieldSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Provident Life & Accident Insurance v. HallumSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
- Robert Patch, Jennifer Patch, Minors, by Their Next Friend and Mother Terry Patch v. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
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