Sheehan v. Aetna Life Insurance

The plaintiff is the beneficiary named in a policy of accident insurance issued by the defendant which insured her husband “against loss resulting directly and independently of all other causes, from bodily injuries effected . . . solely through accidental means” and provided that for loss of life thus caused the insurer would pay the plaintiff $15,000. The policy also contained the provision: “This insurance shall not cover accident, injury, disability, death or other loss caused directly or indirectly, wholly or partly, by bodily or mental infirmity ... or by any other kind of disease . . .…