Legal Opinion
Barbara T. Collins, Beneficiary of the Estate of James T. Collins, Deceased v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 16, 1984No. 82-7292PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD S. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
In this accidental death benefits insurance case appellant (Barbara T. Collins, executrix and beneficiary of the deceased’s, James T. Collins, estate) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Eastern Division, denying her accidental death benefits under the policy which her husband the deceased held with appellee (Metropolitan Life Insurance Company). We affirm.
Issues
The principal issue is whether the court below (Judge Propst) erred in refusing to charge the jury with the “chain reaction” theory of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Silverstein v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- First Nat. Bank v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Liberty National Life Insurance Company v. ReidSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
- John H. Jackson v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- National Independent Theatre Exhibitors, Inc. v. Charter Financial Group, Inc., Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Pulliam v. Tallapoosa County JailCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- The Merchants National Bank of Mobile, Plaintiff-Counter v. United States of America, Defendant-CounterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
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