HARRY L. SHEINMAN & SONS v. SCRANTON LIFE INS. CO.

No. 7822.

125 F.2d 442 (1942)

HARRY L. SHEINMAN & SONS, Inc., v. SCRANTON LIFE INS. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 16, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Fitzgerald, of Scranton, Pa. (Robert E. O'Brien and Kelly, Fitzgerald & Kelly, all of Scranton, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Thomas D. Caldwell, of Harrisburg, Pa. (Caldwell, Fox & Stoner, of Harrisburg, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before CLARK and JONES, Circuit Judges, and GANEY, District Judge.


JONES, Circuit Judge.

The question here involved is whether the plaintiff, as beneficiary of a double indemnity life insurance policy, made out a case, within the requirements of the policy, sufficient to support the jury's finding that the insured died because of "bodily injuries effected solely through external, violent or accidental means" and not "from bodily * * * disease * * * or * * * infirmity; * * *."

The insured fell in front of a subway train in...

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