Legal Opinion
Duvall v. Massachusetts Indemnity & Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided May 9, 1988No. 87-288PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Darrell Hickman, Justice.
The legal question in this case is whether or not Ricky Duvall’s death was accidental. He was a 26 year old pulpwood cutter. After going to work on November 5, 1983, he was found lying on the ground. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead. It is undisputed that the cause of death was Marfan’s syndrome, a congenital disease affecting the connective tissue of the body.
The appellee insurance company had an accidental death and injury policy on Duvall. The insurance company denied coverage and Duvall’s wife filed suit against the policy. The…
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- Continental Casualty Co. v. BrudenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1928
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