Legal Opinion
Cabell v. World Service Life Insurance Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 15, 1980No. 8739PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.
Donald Prince was accidentally killed while he was sport parachuting. He was insured by a group life insurance policy issued by appellee, World Service Life Insurance Company. Appellant, Linda Cabell, Prince’s fiance and beneficiary, demanded payment of the insurance benefits, whereupon appellee brought this suit for declaratory judgment to determine its liability under the terms of the policy.
The principal questions to be decided on this appeal are whether Mr. Prince was engaged in aviation and whether the parachute he used was a “device for aerial'navigation” within…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Continental Casualty Co. v. WarrenTexas Supreme Court · 1953
- Pittman v. Lamar Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1927
- Smith v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Ass'nSupreme Court of Kansas · 1953
- Richardson v. Iowa State Traveling Men's Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1940
- Clark v. Lone Star Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Continental Savings Association v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Entzminger v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1983
- Adams v. Continental Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
- Triano v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
- Edison v. Reliable Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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