NIELSEN v. PROVIDENT LIFE AND ACC. INS. CO.

No. 12725.

596 P.2d 95 (1979)

100 Idaho 223

Mary E. NIELSEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PROVIDENT LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

June 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Reid of Reid & Morfitt, Boise, for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael A. Greene of Eberle, Berlin, Kading, Turnbow & Gillespie, Boise, for defendant-respondent.


SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of defendant-respondent Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company in an action brought by plaintiff-appellant Mary Nielsen seeking to recover death benefits under an insurance policy on the life of her husband William Nielsen, who died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. We are required for the first time in Idaho to construe an insurance policy excluding benefits where death...

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