THOMPSON v. PRUDENTIAL INS. &c. OF AMERICA

33444, 33445.

84 Ga. App. 214 (1951)

66 S.E.2d 119

THOMPSON v. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA; and vice versa.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 28, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Childs, Guy Parker, Noah J. Stone, for plaintiff.

W. K. Meadow, Spalding, Sibley, Troutman & Kelley, for defendant.


MacINTYRE, P. J.

The factor which will be determinative of the question of whether the trial court erred in directing a verdict for the defendant in this case is the interpretation to be placed upon the term "accidental means" as used in the doubleindemnity provision of insurance policies providing for such payment where death results "independently of all other causes, from bodily injuries caused solely by external, violent, and accidental means."

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