Kathryn S. Braun v. Insurance Company of North America

Appellant, the widow of a former employee of Hickok Manufacturing Company, brought a suit seeking to recover $25,000 under an insurance policy issued by the employer’s group insurer, the Insurance Company of North America. At issue is an exclusion provision in the policy which disallowed any recovery if the accident occurred while the assured was traveling in a company airplane. 1 The District Court granted the insurance company’s motion for a directed verdict on the grounds that recovery was barred by the exclusion provision in the policy. We affirm.

The deceased, Richard J. Braun, died in an…