Wilkins v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

BENNICK, C.

This is an action to recover the accidental death benefits under two policies of industrial insurance which were issued by defendant, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, upon the life of one William Cooper, who died on August 1, 1936, as the result of bodily injuries sustained directly and independently of all other causes through external, violent, and accidental means. Plaintiff sues under the facility of payment clause contained in each of the policies; and defendant expressly disavows any question regarding her capacity to maintain the action.

The one policy, which was for an…