Legal Opinion
Life Insurance Company of Georgia v. Thomas
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 23, 1974No. 49579PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Evans, Judge.
Dr. David Thomas was issued a life insurance policy by Life Insurance Company of Georgia with a "double indemnity” benefit in the amount of $10,000 payable provided death be caused "solely by external, violent, and accident means,” which arose solely and independently of all other causes.
On September 28, 1968, after consuming one drink of a beverage containing alcoholic liquor and a platter of seafood for supper, Dr. Thomas retired for the night. He subsequently became ill, and as a result of asphyxiation caused by food, both digested and undigested, and regurgitated from his…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hall v. General Accident Assurance Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1915
- Thompson v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951
- Pippin v. Mutual Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1963
- Columbian National Life Insurance v. MillerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- Life & Casualty Insurance Co. of Tennessee v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Cobb v. Aetna Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
- Spaid v. Cal-Western States Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1982
- Laurie B. Lee v. The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Pittman v. Massachusetts Mutual Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1995
- Ago, Florida Attorney General Reports1983
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