Legal Opinion
Diamond v. New York Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 19, 1931No. 4456PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Appellee issued two $5,000 insurance policies on the life of one Harry H. Diamond. Each policy provided that “double the face of this policy” should be paid if the insured’s death “resulted directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injury effected solely through external, violent and accidental cause.” A provision also appeared in each policy to the effect that “this double indemnity benefit will not apply if the insured’s death resulted * * * from any violation of law by the insured.” While the policies were in force, the insured, upon being convicted of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. McCueSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Montgomery v. CrumIndiana Supreme Court · 1928
- Burt v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Interstate Dry Goods Stores v. WilliamsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- New York Life Ins. Co. v. MurdaughCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1938
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