HUFFMAN v. OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF RALEIGH

No. 441.

141 S.E.2d 496 (1965)

264 N.C. 335

Thomas Roy HUFFMAN v. OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF RALEIGH, North Carolina.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 28, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferree & Brewer, Wilkesboro, and McElwee & Hall, North Wilkesboro, for plaintiff.

Whicker & Whicker, North Wilkesboro, and Smith, Leach, Anderson & Dorsett, Raleigh, for defendant.


MOORE, Justice.

The sole question for decision is whether the court below properly interpreted the applicable provision of the insurance policy.

The "Supplement" to the insurance policy provides: "It is agreed * * * that if the Insured * * * shall sustain PERSONAL BODILY INJURY which is effected solely through external, violent and accidental means * * *, and which directly and independently of all other causes results in any of the losses enumerated in the...

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