D'Annunzio v. Security-Connecticut Life Ins.

NEELY, Justice:

Lucille J. D’Annunzio brought a declaratory judgment action in the Circuit Court of Harrison County to determine her rights under an insurance policy issued by Security-Connecticut Life Insurance Company, on the life of Samuel D’Annunzio, her late husband. The circuit court found that Mrs. D’Annunzio was entitled only to a return of premiums and the policy’s cash surrender value because Mr. D’Annunzio had committed suicide within two years of the policy issue date. Mrs. D’Annunzio now appeals, claiming that the circuit court erred because the terms of the policy were ambiguous…