Legal Opinion

Murasky v. Commercial Travelers Mut. Acc. Ass'n of America

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided February 7, 1938No. 169PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

«This suit is on a policy of insurance payable to the appellant for the loss of life of her husband, Leo Murasky. The policy insured the decedent for loss of life “caused solely and exclusively by external, violent and accidental means.” The insured died March 15, 1936, and it is claimed that his death was caused by an accidental fall on March 12, 1936. Appellant’s complaint was dismissed at the trial and she assigns error, contending that the evidence presented a jury question from which it could find that the fall was accidental and the sole cause of insured’s death.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
  2. New York Life Ins. Co. v. DoerksenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1935
  3. McMartin v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1934
  4. Phillips v. Travelers Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1921
  5. Order of the United Commercial Travelers of America v. NicholsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Mandles v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
  2. COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS MUTUAL ACC. ASS'N v. KilgoreDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967

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