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COCKRELL v. LIFE INS. CO. OF GEORGIA

No. 81-2082.

692 F.2d 1164 (1982)

Betty J. COCKRELL, Individually and as Guardian of the Persons and Estates of James Alfred Cockrell, Jr., and Christina Lynn Cockrell, Minors; and Gary R. Burbank, Administrator of the Estate of James A. Cockrell, deceased, Appellees, v. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF GEORGIA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 15, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Unger, Jr., Crumpler, O'Connor & Wynne, El Dorado, Ark., for Life Ins. Co. of Georgia.

Robert C. Compton, Brown, Compton & Prewett, Ltd., El Dorado, Ark., for appellees.

Before ROSS, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Life Insurance Co. of Georgia (the insurer) appeals from a final judgment entered in the District Court for the Western District of Arkansas awarding appellees accidental death benefits, the statutory penalty for refusal to pay and attorney's fees. For reversal the insurer argues that the district court erred in (1) finding the death of the insured was accidental and (2) construing the policy language excluding accidental death benefits for...

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