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LINDEN MOTOR FREIGHT CO., INC. v. TRAVELERS INS. CO.

40 N.J. 511 (1963)

193 A.2d 217

LINDEN MOTOR FREIGHT CO., INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 5, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph A. Weisman argued the cause for plaintiff-appellant (Messrs. Hannoch, Weisman, Myers, Stern & Besser, attorneys; Mr. Weisman and Mr. Geoffrey Gaulkin, of counsel; Mr. Gaulkin on the brief).

Mr. William L. Dill, Jr., argued the cause for defendant-respondent (Messrs. Stryker, Tams & Dill, attorneys; Mr. Dill, of counsel).

The opinion of the court was delivered by HALL, J.

The issue here is the plaguing one of the meaning of language frequently used in personal insurance policies conditioning the payment of certain benefits upon the sustainment of "bodily injuries effected directly and independently of all other causes through external, violent and accidental means." The contract issued by the defendant was one of insurance upon the life of Edward Salz, an employee of the plaintiff...

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