Collins v. Nationwide Life Insurance

In revisiting this matter upon the invitation of our Supreme *402Court, I find I must disagree with the majority’s conclusion.

Rather than look to other jurisdictions, I would prefer to read Wells v Prudential Ins Co of America, 3 Mich App 220; 142 NW2d 57 (1966), lv den 378 Mich 728 (1966), as authority for holding that, under the terms of this policy, injury or death resulting from voluntary intoxication can constitute an "accidental injury or death”. Unlike the policy before us, the policy in Wells, supra, provided that the injury or death must be "effected solely through external, violent and…