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METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. SMITH

554 S.W.2d 123 (1977)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Interstate Life and Accident Insurance Company, Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company and Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. Christine SMITH, Individually and Co-Executor of the Estate of Dr. Doyle J. Smith, Deceased, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

August 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale Woodall, G. Wynn Smith, Robert M. Johnson, Susan Callison, Memphis, for petitioners; Canada, Russell & Turner, Cobb, Edwards, Hamlet, Nichol & Woodall, Memphis, of counsel.

D. Jack Smith, Jr., J.N. Raines, Lucius E. Burch, Memphis, for respondents; Dann, Blackburn, Smith & Goldin, Burch, Porter & Johnson, Memphis, of counsel.

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

Respondents sued four life insurance companies seeking double indemnity benefits for the alleged accidental death of the insured, Dr. Doyle J. Smith. The ordinary life benefits under each policy have been paid.

Respondents demanded a jury, but at the conclusion of their evidence in chief, the trial judge directed a verdict for the insurance carriers. The Court of Appeals reversed...

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