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GOULD v. MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO.

No. 46694.

95 Wn.2d 722 (1981)

629 P.2d 1331

HARRIET M. GOULD, Respondent, v. MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 25, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller, by C. William Bailey and Douglas J. Shaeffer, Norm Maleng, King County Prosecuting Attorney, Darrell L. Syferd, Deputy, Richard S. Gidley, Acting Bellevue City Attorney, and Ruth E. Darden, Assistant, for appellants.

Vaughn E. Evans, for respondent.

DORE, J.

On May 27, 1976, Victor (Vic) Gould was found shot to death in Robinswood Park in Bellevue, Washington. His widow sued the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (MONY) to collect the proceeds of a life insurance policy under which her husband had been insured. MONY pleaded the affirmative defense of suicide. All parties agree that the insurance policy excludes coverage where the insured commits suicide. The widow contended her husband had been murdered...

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