Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Jones

It is insisted by the defendant insurance company that the insured did not die as a result of an accident, that is, directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injury effected solely through external, violent and accidental means, but that her death was directly or indirectly the result of Parkinson’s disease, with which she was afflicted; in other words, that such disease was at least a contributing and concurring cause of her death, and in such a case, it was not liable under the double-indemnity provision of the policy quoted in the statement of facts heretofore. In grounds…