CHAMBERS v. FIRST NATIONAL LIFE INS. CO. OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 4408.

253 So.2d 636 (1971)

Jessie CHAMBERS v. FIRST NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Normann & Normann, Michael A. Britt, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Orlando G. Bendana, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before REDMANN, STOULIG and BARNETTE, JJ.


Rehearing En Banc Denied November 8, 1971.

REDMANN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment awarding accidental death benefits under its accident policy.

The issue is whether insured's death by multiple gunshot wounds was within the policy's exclusion of "death * * * caused by the intentional act of the insured, or any other person, while sane or insane."

Insured was seated at a bar, about ten a. m., having just been served a beer, and was...

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