The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and a new trial granted.
On this record and in light of the strong presumption against suicide, it cannot be said that a fair question of fact as to accident has not been presented (Wellish v John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co., 293 N.Y. 178, 185). Where, as here, there is a reasonable hypothesis of accidental death, however unlikely...
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