White v. State Farm Mutual Insurance

Mary L. White, plaintiff, instituted this action against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, defendant, to recover for the accidental death of her husband, Ben F. White, under a standard family automobile policy containing an automobile death indemnity rider or endorsement issued by defendant to him. The amount payable for accidental death was $10,000. Defendant, in its answer and grounds of defense, admitted that the premium had been paid, and that the policy was in effect at the time of White’s death, but denied liability on the ground that a recovery for the insured’s death…