Legal Opinion
Martin v. American Benefit Life Insurance Company
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 29, 1974No. 54071PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
294 So.2d 200 (1974)
Calvin L. MARTIN
v.
AMERICAN BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
No. 54071.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 29, 1974.
Joshua A. Tilton, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-applicant.
James H. Leveque, III, Garrett, Carl & Roussel, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.
SUMMERS, Justice.
Defendant American Benefit Life Insurance Company issued its policy insuring Calvin L. Martin, the plaintiff, "against loss ... resulting from bodily injuries effected solely, directly and independently of all other causes through EXTERNAL VIOLENT AND ACCIDENTAL MEANS, which ... shall not be caused wholly or…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Bird v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Silverstein v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Seguin v. Continental Service Life & Health InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
- Niles v. American Bankers Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
- Thibodeaux v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
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3Cited by5 opinions
- DeCuir v. Old Republic Life InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- Barnewold v. Life Insurance Co. of North AmericaDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1986
- Hughes v. Colonial Life & Accident InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- Castilow v. American Home Assurance Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- Massengill v. Aetna Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981