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Dow v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 29, 1937PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.

The plaintiff sues as beneficiary in an accident insurance policy which insured her husband, Fred F. Dow, an osteopathic physician, against accidental bodily injuries, fatal or nonfatal, which should result independently and exclusively of all other causes in certain enumerated losses, including loss of life, but not extending to nor covering any injury caused or contributed to, directly or indirectly, by sickness or disease, nor loss resulting from any means or act which, if used or done by the insured while in possession of all mental faculties, would be deemed intentional or self inflicted.

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. United States Mutual Accident Ass'n v. BarrySupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  2. Landress v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  3. Western Commercial Travelers' Ass'n v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
  4. Commonwealth v. SlavskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
  5. Bohaker v. Travelers InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Liberatore v. Town of FraminghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  2. Sheehan v. GorianskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
  3. New England Gas & Electric Ass'n v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
  4. Lydon v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
  5. Squires v. FraskaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938

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