CONE v. BENEFICIAL STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 18823.

388 F.2d 456 (1968)

Lucille E. CONE, Appellant, v. BENEFICIAL STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

January 9, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter A. Raymond, of Raymond, West & Strader, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant; Raymond, West & Strader, and William M. Day, Kansas City, Mo., on the brief.

R. Lawrence Ward, of Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee; Harry P. Thomson, Jr. and Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy and Elmer T. Carl, Kansas City, Mo., on the brief.

Before BLACKMUN, GIBSON and LAY, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, widow of the insured, brought suit on an accident insurance policy as the named assured for death benefits in the amount of $13,200.00. The jury found for the appellee-insurance company generally, and answered three special interrogatories.1

Appellant urges error (1) in the court's instruction regarding proximate cause, (2) in the admission into evidence of certain expert testimony, (3) in the...

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