O'Donnell v. Independence Life & Accident Insurance

Opinion by

Cercone, J.,

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia entered in favor of the defendant, Independent Life and Accident Insurance Company and against plaintiff, Mary O’Donnell.

The facts of the case, which are not in dispute, are as follows: Plaintiff herein is the named beneficiary of an automobile accident insurance policy issued by the defendant to the late John P. O’Donnell on August 17, 1957. The original terms of the policy specified benefits of $1,000 in the event that death resulted from bodily injury “sustained by the wrecking of an…