Legal Opinion

Herthel v. Time Insurance Co.

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided April 28, 1936PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The following opinion was filed March 3, 1936:

Fowler, J.

The appellant contends that the findings of the jury that, (1) the deceased “received an injury through external violence or accidental means,” and that (2) such injury “was a sole cause of the insured’s death” are not sustained by the evidence.

The coverage clause of the policy in suit was somewhat broader than those commonly involved in the adjudicated cases, and insured against loss from death resulting from “personal bodily injury . . . effected directly and independently of all other causes through accidental means, and which injury…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Freeman v. Mercantile Mutual Accident Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
  2. Thornton v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  3. Cretney v. Woodmen Accident CompanyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1928
  4. Wiger v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New YorkWisconsin Supreme Court · 1931
  5. O'Connell v. New York Life InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1936

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Linden Motor Freight Co., Inc. v. Travelers Ins. Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1963
  2. Evans v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1946
  3. Mahon v. American Cas. Co. of ReadingNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1961
  4. Johnson v. Business Men's Assurance Co. of AmericaWashington Supreme Court · 1951
  5. Graves v. Travelers InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1974

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