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RUNGE v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 75-1702.

537 F.2d 1157 (1976)

Sandra Trusty RUNGE, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 5, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Scott Street, III, Richmond, Va. (Woodward, Wood & Street, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Alexander Wellford, Richmond, Va. (Wellford & Taylor and Christian, Barton, Epps, Brent & Chappell, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and CRAVEN and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

This is a suit on double indemnity clauses of two insurance policies. On the date of his death, plaintiff's husband, Wilbur L. Runge, Jr., was insured by Metropolitan under two policies with a total face value of $19,000. Metropolitan paid the face amounts but declined to pay double on plaintiff's contention that death resulted from injuries sustained "solely through violent, external and accidental means" within the meaning of the double indemnity...

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