Legal Opinion

Board of Trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas and Group Life & Health Insurance v. Linda T. Benge

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided March 27, 1997No. 03-96-00369-CVPublished

1Opinion of the Court

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-96-000369-CV

Board of Trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas and Group Life & Health Insurance Company, Appellants

v.

Linda Benge, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 353RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 94-15803, HONORABLE JOHN K. DIETZ, JUDGE PRESIDING

The Board of Trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas denied accidental death benefits, holding that the insured's death was caused by air travel or flight, an activity excluded from coverage under the policy at issue. The district court ruled that Stroburg v.…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Tarrant Appraisal District v. MooreTexas Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Texas State Board of Dental Examiners v. SizemoreTexas Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Silverstein v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
  4. Railroad Commission of Texas v. City of AustinTexas Supreme Court · 1975
  5. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Ass'n v. HudmanTexas Supreme Court · 1965

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