VALLEY FORGE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. LAWRENCE

No. 36327.

201 So.2d 449 (1967)

VALLEY FORGE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Pennsylvania Corporation, Petitioner, v. Lula LAWRENCE, As Administratrix of the Estate of Bobby Simon, a/k/a Linton Terrell, Deceased, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 19, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey, Dwyer, Austin, Cole & Selwood and Edward A. Perse, Miami, for petitioner.

Mayes, Sutton & Russo and J. Klein Wigginton, of Parker, Foster & Madigan, Tallahassee, Coral Gables, for respondent.


THOMAS, Acting Chief Justice.

This cause is being heard on petition for certiorari under Appellate Rule 4.5, subd. c (6), 31 F.S.A. and based on a certificate of the District Court of Appeal, Third District, that that court had passed upon "a question of great public interest," id est, by refusing to invalidate, on the ground of public policy, a life insurance policy though the insured was killed by a person upon whom the insured was perpetrating a violent felony...

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