NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO. v. ROGERS

No. 5111.

641 P.2d 218 (1982)

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Marian L. ROGERS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth P. Jacobus and James F. Klasen, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, for appellant.

Stephen Hillard, Graham & James, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, BURKE, MATTHEWS, and COMPTON, JJ.


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises out of New York Life Insurance Company's refusal to make a $50,000 payment, under an accidental death policy, to Marian L. Rogers as the beneficiary. Resolution of the appeal turns upon the proper interpretation of the policy's "aviation exclusion clause."

Appellee Marian Rogers is the beneficiary of an insurance policy that was issued by New York Life Insurance Company on the life of Dr. William...

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