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HOYT v. JOHN HANCOCK MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

19 N.Y.2d 998 (1967)

Carolyn M. Hoyt, Respondent, v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 1, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meyer Fix and Thomas E. Goldman for appellant.

John J. Considine, Jr., for respondent.

Concur: Judges SCILEPPI, BERGAN, KEATING and BREITEL. Chief Judge FULD and Judge BURKE dissent and vote to reverse on the ground that the insured's death was not "accidental" within the sense of the insurance policy sued upon. Taking no part: Judge VAN VOORHIS.

Order affirmed, with costs...

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