Legal Opinion
Vaughn B. Hunter v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 29, 1971No. 383-70PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Dr. Vaughn B. Hunter, a Salt Lake City dentist, brought an action against the Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company on a policy of accident insurance issued him by the Fund, alleging that he had sustained an accidental injury within the meaning of the policy when as the result of a fall from a stool in his dental office he suffered a detached retina of the left eye with the ensuing entire loss of sight in that eye. Trial was to a jury with the trial court, after evidence had been presented by both Dr. Hunter and the Fund, directing a verdict for the Fund.
In its formal…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- MacKay v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. OhleCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1913
- Georgia Home Ins. Co. v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1939
- Conlon v. Northern Life InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 1939
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3Cited by7 opinions
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