Legal Opinion
Chambers v. Kansas City Life Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 18, 1957No. Civ. 5595PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarnard, P. J.
This is an action to recover death benefits under a life insurance policy containing an Aviation Provision exclusion.
The policy was issued on March 5,1953, to Charles H. Chambers, the plaintiff’s husband. The insured, a licensed pilot, signed the insurer’s “Aviation Exclusion Rider Agreement” authorizing the inclusion in the policy of this aviation provision. This provision, insofar as material here, provides that “If the insured shall die as a result, directly or indirectly, of service, travel or flight in any species of aircraft, or as a result of descending therefrom or therewith,” the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bull v. Sun Life Assur. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944
- Green v. Mutual Ben. Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1944
- Neel v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Pittman v. Lamar Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1927
- Esther W. McDaniel v. Standard Accident Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Howard v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Howe v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
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