BANKERS COM'L LIFE INS. CO. v. MERRELL

No. 8867.

563 S.W.2d 691 (1978)

BANKERS COMMERCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Evelyn MERRELL, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Key, Carr, Evans & Fouts, Donald M. Hunt, Lubbock, for appellant.

La Font, Tunnell, Formby, La Font & Hamilton, Mark W. Laney, Plainview, for appellee.


DODSON, Justice.

This is an action on an insurance policy. Evelyn Merrell, plaintiff-appellee, sued Bankers Commercial Life Insurance Company, defendant-appellant, for proceeds alleged due under an accidental death supplement to a medical insurance policy.

Mrs. Merrell's husband, Robert Merrell, the insured, was killed when his pickup collided with a train on April 6, 1976. The accidental death supplement provided for payment of $1,000 if the insured died...

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