COLONIAL LIFE & ACC. INS. CO. v. COOPER

No. 79-328.

378 So.2d 806 (1979)

COLONIAL LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Dorothy A. COOPER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dixon, Dixon, Hurst, Nicklaus & Webb, Miami, for appellant.

Greene & Cooper and Marc Cooper, Post & Gordon, Miami, for appellee.

Before HENDRY and SCHWARTZ, JJ., and CHAPPELL, BILL G., Associate Judge.


SCHWARTZ, Judge.

Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, the defendant in the lower court, appeals from a final summary judgment holding it liable to pay under an accident policy which insured the life of Clarence Cooper. We reverse because of the record showing that Cooper died as a result, not of an "accident," but of injuries which he intentionally inflicted upon himself.

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