Knapp v. Preferred Mutual Accident Ass'n
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court. Action on an insurance policy by James G. Knapp against the Preferred Mutual Accident Association of New York. From a judgment entered on the verdict, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial on the minutes of the court, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDwight, J.
The action was on a policy of insurance in the form of a certificate of membership of the plaintiff in the defendant association. The insurance was against death or total disability resulting from “bodily injuries effected through external, violent, and accidental means;” payable, in case of death, to the beneficiary named in the contract, and, in case of disability, to the plaintiff himself. The total disability insured against was defined in the following language: “If said member shall sustain bodily injuries by means as aforesaid, which shall, independently of all other causes,…
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