Legal Opinion

Knight v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided February 8, 1968No. 9064-PRPublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

UDALL, Vice Chief Justice:

This matter is before us on petition to review the decision of the Court of Appeals, Div. 2, 5 Ariz.App. 473, 428 P.2d 137. The judgment of the Court of Appeals is vacated.

At the time of his death on June 28, 1964 Jackie E. Knight was one of the named insured in a Metropolitan Life Insurance Company policy which provided: “If, while insured under the Group Policy for Insurance for Death or Dismemberment by Accidental Means, the Employee sustains bodily injuries solely through violent, external and accidental means, and within ninety days thereafter suffers any of the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Landress v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Burr v. Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Ass'n of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1946
  3. Beckham v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  4. Gulf Life Insurance Company v. NashSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
  5. Scott v. New Empire InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1965

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Mary Jane Wickman v. Northwestern National Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  2. Republic National Life Insurance Co. v. HeywardTexas Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Capone v. Aetna Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
  4. Wall v. Pennsylvania Life Insurance Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1979
  5. INA Life Insurance Company v. BrundinAlaska Supreme Court · 1975

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