TANNER v. LIFE INS. CO. OF VIRGINIA

Record No. 751194.

227 S.E.2d 693 (1976)

Ann S. TANNER v. The LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Gamble, Amherst (Donald G. Pendleton, Pendleton, Janow & Gamble, Amherst, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

S. James Thompson, Jr., Lynchburg (Theodore J. Craddock, Caskie, Frost, Hobbs & Hamblen, Lynchburg, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.


I'ANSON, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff, Ann S. Tanner, brought this action against The Life Insurance Company of Virginia alleging that it was liable to her as beneficiary under the accidental death provisions of a life insurance policy issued to her husband, Richard Tanner (decedent or Tanner).1 After trial by the court sitting without a jury, the trial judge, in a memorandum opinion, found that decedent's death did not result solely from...

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