MASS. CAS. INS. CO. v. RIEF

[No. 122, September Term, 1961.]

227 Md. 324 (1962)

176 A.2d 777

MASSACHUSETTS CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY v. RIEF

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 11, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Karwacki, with whom were Benjamin C. Howard and Miles & Stockbridge on the brief, for the appellant.

Submitted on brief by Max R. Israelson, Joseph I. Pines and Marvin E. Brave for the appellee.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, PRESCOTT, HORNEY, MARBURY and SYBERT, JJ.


HAMMOND, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The trial judge sitting without a jury found that the appellee, Merrell M. Rief, who was insured by the appellant, Massachusetts Casualty Insurance Company, was "totally disabled" under the policy, which defined that phrase as "inability to engage in any part of the duties of the Insured's regular occupation." The insurer appeals from a judgment for the sum of the accumulated...

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