This is an action to collect under the double indemnity provisions of life insurance policies issued by defendants. The court and jury were presented with an extremely close case on the issue of whether the decedent's death resulted "directly, and independently of all other causes, from bodily injuries * * * sustained solely through accidental means", as required by both policies in issue (the language quoted is that of the Aetna policy; the Guardian policy contains similar...
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