Towey v. New York Life Insurance

These three cases were consolidated for trial. Plaintiff brought suits to recover on double indemnity provisions, due to accidental death, as.found in the various policies. Trial by jury resulted in verdicts for plaintiff in each case. This appeal followed. Error is assigned on the giving of certain instructions, failure to give requested instructions, failure to grant defendants’ motions for nonsuit or dismissal, and in denying defendants’ motions for a new trial.

At the time of his death, Thomas J. Towey was fifty-two years old. He had been employed at Klamath Falls, Oregon, for fifteen…