Life & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Hulsey

Eberhardt, Judge.

In arguing the general grounds, the defendant raises two issues which will be discussed separately.(a) The first concerns accidental means within the policy provision quoted in the facts. The contention is that the insured’s death is the natural and proximate result of his assault on the wife with a deadly weapon.

In dealing with the terminology “accidental means” in insurance policies, the courts have generally approached assaults by an insured on the basis of whether the fate met by the insured was both foreseeable and the natural and probable consequence of the assault.…