CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY v. GARDNER

No. 4447.

370 P.2d 957 (1962)

CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellant, v. LoLeta GARDNER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

April 20, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vargas, Dillon & Bartlett and Alexander A. Garroway, Reno, for appellant.

Ernest S. Brown and Jack I. McAuliffe, Reno, for respondent.


BADT, Chief Justice.

The question presented by this appeal is whether a judgment in favor of deceased's widow, based on an insurance policy conditioning the payment of the death benefit upon "bodily injury caused by accident * * * resulting directly and independently of all other causes," finds substantial support in the evidence.

We have italicized the words on which defendant based its defense and under which it asserts that it is entitled to a reversal...

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