Lang v. Metropolitan Life Ins.

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, the beneficiary in an accident insurance policy on the life of William C. Lang, her brother, sued defendant, claiming that the insured’s death was caused by accident. A jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, the District Court entered judgment thereon, and the defendant appealed.

The policy specifically provided that it did not cover death caused wholly or partly, directly or indirectly by disease or bodily infirmity, but did insure the deceased against the results of bodily injuries caused directly and independently of all other causes by violent and…