Legal Opinion
Dent v. Virginia Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 3, 1967No. 3985PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Associate Judge.
Appellant is the beneficiary of a life insurance policy issued to her husband by appellee. The policy provided that the company would pay $1,000 upon the death of the insured but that if he should die within the first two policy years “by his own hand or act,” its liability would be limited to a return of the premiums paid. The facts are not in dispute that during the two-year period, appellant’s husband, while a guest at a social gathering, initiated a quarrel with, and shot at, another guest, and shortly thereafter, during another shooting incident, was shot and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Zurich General Accident & Liability Ins. Co. of Zurich v. FlickingerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1929
- Dickerson v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- North American Union v. OleskeIndiana Court of Appeals · 1917
- Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle v. NewsomeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940
- Woodmen of the World v. WrightAlabama Court of Appeals · 1913
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co. v. JacobsonDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1993
- Byrd v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- Byrd v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- Byrd v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
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