PITTS. NAT. BANK. v. MUT. LIFE INS., ETC.


273 Pa.Super. 592 (1980)

417 A.2d 1206

PITTSBURGH NATIONAL BANK, Trustee under a Life Insurance Trust Agreement for Wife and Children, Appellant, v. The MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed January 4, 1980.

Reargument Denied April 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Silvestri, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

James A. Mollica, Jr., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before CERCONE, President Judge, and WIEAND and HOFFMAN, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

On October 12, 1972, the body of Dr. Carmen A. DeChesaro was found hanging from the passenger side of his Mercedes-Benz automobile. The safety belt from the passenger seat had been looped twice around his neck. He was dead of strangulation. DeChesaro's life insurance carrier, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, refused to pay the accidental death benefits provided by three separate policies of insurance, contending the doctor had committed suicide...

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