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

No. 83-3790.

735 F.2d 1165 (1984)

Harriet M. GOULD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vaughn Evans, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert M. Kraft, Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellee.

Before WRIGHT, TANG and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.


TANG, Circuit Judge:

FACTS

In May 1976, Vick Gould was found shot to death in a public park in Bellevue, Washington. He was killed by a bullet that entered through the base of his skull. Vick was insured under a life insurance policy issued by Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York ("MONY"). The policy insured against accidental death, but excluded death by suicide. Plaintiff Harriet Gould, the insured's widow and beneficiary of the policy, submitted...

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