Shelton v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States

Plaintiff brought suit on a group accidental death and dismemberment policy, claiming benefits for loss of a leg in 1957, allegedly caused by injuries sustained in an automobile accident in 1952. Defendant answered that the loss of the leg in 1957 was not caused by the injuries in 1952 but by unrelated osteomyelitis; it further averred that in any event it had contracted no liability for this loss because in its policy it had agreed to pay only losses occurring within ninety days of causal injuries. The court sustained defendant’s position and entered judgment in its favor on the pleadings,…