JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. SERIO

No. 2862.

176 A.2d 874 (1962)

JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Frank C. SERIO, Administrator of the Estate of Bill Bowden, Deceased, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided January 8, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry H. Paige, Washington, D. C., with whom John M. Lynham, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Arthur P. Drury and John E. Powell, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for appellant.

Sommers T. Brown, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code § 11-776(b).


QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellee's decedent1 brought this action on a group insurance policy, issued by appellant, to recover $421.90 expended on his wife's hospitalization and treatment for a threatened miscarriage. The controversy in the trial court and on this appeal centers on whether her condition was "a result of" accidental injury, binding appellant to pay full compensation, or "a result...

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