WILLIAMS v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA

No. 13429.

423 F.2d 749 (1970)

Freddie Wayne WILLIAMS, Appellee, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, a Corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 11, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geo. R. Farmer, Jr., Morgantown, W. Va. (John W. Fisher, II and Farmer & Farmer, Morgantown, W. Va., on brief) for appellant.

Charles S. Armistead, Morgantown, W. Va., (Baker & Armistead, Morgantown, W. Va., and Herschel Rose, Fairmount, W. Va., on brief) for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, BRYAN and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff-appellee was covered by a group insurance policy which entitled him to the payment of a fixed sum in the event of the "entire and irrecoverable loss of sight" of an eye. When Williams sought recovery for the loss of sight in one eye resulting from a work-related mishap, the insurance company resisted payment. Plaintiff sued and obtained a jury verdict in his favor.

The facts that gave rise to the claim are quite simple. As Williams was...

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