WHETSELL v. MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO. OF NEW YORK

No. 81-1514.

669 F.2d 955 (1982)

Mary H. WHETSELL, individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Kenneth A. Whetsell, Deceased, Appellant, v. The MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen J. Williams, Orangeburg, S.C. (Charles H. Williams, Williams & Williams, Orangeburg, S.C., on brief), for appellant.

James M. Brailsford, III, Columbia, S.C. (Robinson, McFadden, Moore, Pope & Stubbs, Columbia, S.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before HALL, SPROUSE and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.


CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge.

Mary H. Whetsell, plaintiff below, appeals the district court's ruling that she is not entitled to accidental death benefits from the appellee, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. We affirm.

Appellant's husband was admitted to the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina for cataract surgery on January 28, 1976. On February 2, 1976, while in the hospital recovering from the operation, a saline solution...

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