Whitlock v. Old American Insurance Company

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Defendant insurance company appeals from an adverse jury verdict, holding it liable under an accident policy for the death of the plaintiff’s husband. Its contention is that he did not die from an accident but from a disease.

In April of 1961, Arthur Whitlock, then 54 years of age, in response to a newspaper advertisement, obtained a policy from the defendant company which provided varying compensation for stated injuries and for loss of life resulting from accident. On September 24, 1962, while the policy was in force, his son Sidney was taking him from their home in…