INTERN. INVESTORS LIFE INS. CO. v. UTRECHT

No. 18811.

536 S.W.2d 397 (1976)

INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. Bettie P. UTRECHT and Candice A. Utrecht, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

April 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin H. Perry, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, Dallas, for appellant.

William M. Hayner, Flagg, Cooper, Hayner, Miller, Long & Owen, Dallas, for appellees.


AKIN, Justice.

The question presented is whether drowning is included within an accidental death benefit rider to an insurance policy excluding the following risks: "Suffocation, strangulation, or smothering when such death occurs prior to the policy anniversary nearest the insured's fourth birthday."

Plaintiffs Bettie and Candice Utrecht sued International Life Insurance Company for benefits under an accidental death rider to a life insurance policy on Alexander...

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