ROBERTS v. CONTINENTAL INS. CO.

No. 85-3575.

770 F.2d 853 (1985)

Laura W. ROBERTS, Personal Representative of the Estate of G. Ray Roberts, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a New Hampshire corporation; the Commercial Insurance Company: Does I through V, inclusive; and Corporate Does I through V, inclusive, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra K. Saville, Lynette I. Hotchkiss, Kay, Christie, Saville & Coffey, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert L. Eastaugh, John K. Brubaker, Delaney, Wiles, Hayes, Reitman & Brubaker, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT, POOLE, and HALL, Circuit Judges.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

On appeal from summary judgment for two insurers, the issue is whether an accidental death policy unambiguously excluded the decedent from coverage. We conclude that the district court was correct in determining that he was excluded.

FACTS

The decedent, G. Ray Roberts, died in the crash of a small private plane. He owned and was piloting the plane in the accident.

At the time of his death, he was employed...

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