Wolfson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Action by beneficiary of a policy of life insurance to recover $5,000, payable in the event insured died through external, violent and accidental means. The trial court directed a verdict for defendant. Judgment affirmed, with costs. The decedent indisputably fell to the ground. The cause of death was vasomotor paralysis induced by shock due to the fall, or by a shock causing the fall. There were no external marks of injury sufficient to cause death. The cause of the fall is not directly established. Whether decedent fell because of ice on the ground or because of an internal or heart…