MILLER v. CONT'L INS. CO.


40 N.Y.2d 675 (1976)

Florence F. Miller, Respondent, v. Continental Insurance Company, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Cunneen, New York City, for appellant.

Herbert J. Miller and Bertram Miller, Kew Gardens, for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and COOKE concur.


FUCHSBERG, J.

On August 20, 1971, 20-year-old Douglas Miller, who had then been steadily employed by the Long Island Railroad for over one year, was found dead at the home of his parents with a needle in his wrist. There were no witnesses to the insertion of the needle or to the death.

Young Miller had seemed happy in his employment and had never manifested any evidence of emotional imbalance. While the deputy medical examiner who performed the...

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