O'Meara v. Columbian National Life Insurance Co.

The plaintiff, Jane O’Meara, was the beneficiary named in a life insurance policy issued by the defendant, Columbian National Life Insurance Company, upon the life of John T. Scully in the amount of $1000, with an additional indemnity provision that upon receipt of proof that the death of the insured occurred as a direct result of bodily injuries effected directly and independently of all other causes through external, violent and accidental means within ninety days from the date of the injury, and of which there is a visible contusion or wound upon the exterior of the body, the defendant…