Maneval v. Lutheran Brotherhood

OPINION

CHRISTIE, Judge.

This is a suit upon a life insurance policy which provides for double indemnity if death results from bodily injury effected solely by external, violent and accidental means. The policy in question, written by the defendant insurance company, Lutheran Brotherhood, is in the face amount of $15,-000.00 with an additional sum of $15,000.00 payable under circumstances outlined in an “Accidental Means Death Benefit Agreement” attached thereto. The beneficiaries have brought this suit seeking a judgment that the double indemnity provisions are applicable to the death here…