COLLINS v. NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Docket No. 63577.

409 Mich. 271 (1980)

294 N.W.2d 194

COLLINS v. NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

La Barge & Dinning, P.C., by Ronald H. Greve, for plaintiff.

Robert B. Tatham (Norman L. Zemke, of counsel) for defendant.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff's husband died on December 29, 1973, as a result of acute alcoholic intoxication. An autopsy disclosed that the deceased had a blood alcohol level of .37 percent. Dr. Spitz, who performed the autopsy, testified, by deposition, that the abnormally high blood alcohol level resulted in fluid accumulation in decedent's lungs which caused a strain on his heart and, ultimately, his death. There was no evidence of external injury, other than a superficial...

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