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HUSSAR v. GIRARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

No. 70-716.

252 So.2d 374 (1971)

Anna B. HUSSAR, Appellant, v. GIRARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Texas Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Rowan, of McCutcheon & Rowan, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

William L. Johnson, of Harrison, Greene, Mann, Davenport, Rowe & Stanton, St. Petersburg, for appellee.

PIERCE, Chief Judge.

This case is affirmed on authority of Carter v. Carter, Fla. 1956, 88 So.2d 153 and In re Estate of Maxcy, Fla.App. 1970, 240 So.2d 93. The public policy prohibition against permitting a person to benefit from his own wrongdoing should apply to a recovery under a health and accident insurance policy by an insured for intentionally and voluntarily self-inflicted injuries while...

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