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SPAID v. CAL-WESTERN STATES LIFE INS. CO.

Docket No. 47062.

130 Cal.App.3d 803 (1982)

182 Cal. Rptr. 3

GRACE SPAID, Individually and as Executrix, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CAL-WESTERN STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

March 23, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

C.L. Keck for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Richard J. Kilmartin and Knight, Boland & Riordan for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

RACANELLI, P.J.

On appeal from a judgment of nonsuit, we consider whether the evidence presented a question of fact under an insuring agreement providing for payment of accidental death benefits for injury sustained as a result of "external means."1 We conclude that under applicable principles of law, the order of nonsuit was erroneous requiring reversal.

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