Pecoraro v. New York Life Ins.

The widow of Joseph Giardina brought this action to recover the sum of $1,000 alleged to be due under the double indemnity clause of a life insurance policy issued by the defendant company upon the life of her deceased husband, alleging that he was accidentally killed on July 1, 1930, when his pistol exploded, as he tripped and fell down the steps in his home. The company paid the face value of the policy or $1,000 to the beneficiary, but declined to pay the additional $1,000 claimed to be due, averring that the deceased had committed suicide, which was expressly excluded as a risk in…