Aubuchon v. Metropolitan Life Ins.

I concur for the reason that the evidence clearly supports the finding that there was no “accidental means” in this case within the definition laid down by the Supreme Court of Missouri in Cleaver v. Central States Life Ins. Co., 346 Mo. 548, 142 S.W.2d 474, 129 A.L.R. 1094. Deceased took a handful of veronal tablets, with the evident intention of doing exactly that and with full knowledge of what he was doing. Regardless of the foreseen or unforeseen consequences of that act, the act itself does not fit the definition of “accidental means” applied by the Missouri courts, and for that reason…