Legal Opinion
Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. McKeever
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 19, 1952No. 1195PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, 'Chief Judge.
Plaintiff sued as beneficiary of two insurance policies issued by defendant on the life of her husband, James McKeever. The policies provided that if the death of the insured occurred, “ * * * as a result, directly and independently of all other causes, of bodily injuries effected solely through external, violent and accidental means the Company will pay, [double indemnity] subject * * * to> the conditions and exceptions specified * * The “conditions and exceptions” were that “no such benefit shall be payable if such death results * * * directly or indirectly from bodily…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Silverstein v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Leland v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Preston v. ætna Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
- White v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
- Order of the United Commercial Travelers of America v. NicholsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Singer v. DoyleDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
- Lancaster v. CanuelDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1963
- Anna M. McKeever v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. SerioDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1962
- Jack Shulman, Administrator of the Estate of Myer Shulman, Deceased v. Mutual Benefit Health and Accident AssociationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
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