Legal Opinion
Aetna Life Insurance Company v. June Kegley, a Widow
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 9, 1967No. 23437_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOEL, District Judge:
This appeal is taken on the ground that the district court’s instructions to the jury pertaining to sole cause of death and visible contusion or wound on the exterior of the body were not in conformity with the language of the accident insurance policy or with the Texas law. We agree. The judgment of the district court is reversed, and the cause is remanded with directions to enter judgment for Aetna Life Insurance Company.
In 1961, Aetna Life Insurance Company issued a group accident policy to Halliburton Company for the benefit of the company employees. Joseph Felix…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United States Mutual Accident Ass'n v. BarrySupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Stoner v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Western Reserve Life Insurance v. MeadowsTexas Supreme Court · 1953
- Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Ass'n v. HudmanTexas Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Parke-Davis and Company, a Corporation v. Shane Stromsodt, a Minor, by Robert M. Stromsodt, His Guardian Ad LitemCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- Judith Sekel v. Aetna Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Anderson v. Siemens CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- The Prudential Insurance Company of America v. Rose Ellen SchroederCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Aetna Life Insurance Company v. June Kegley, a WidowCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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