Legal Opinion
Martha Valerio v. Home Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 3, 1996No. 95-1593PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Martha Valerio was involved in a car accident in which she suffered a severe spinal cord injury that left her a quadriplegic. A-though her spinal cord was not severed in the accident, she did suffer a severance of neurons within her spine that caused her to lose permanently the use of her legs. Valer-io filed a claim with the Home Insurance Company under her policy that provided coverage for loss of limb resulting from “actual severance through or above an ankle.” After her claim was rejected, Valerio sued Home Insurance in Wisconsin state court. Home Insurance removed…
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- Neer v. Fireman's Fund American Life InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1985
- James J. Reid v. Life Insurance Company of North America, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
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