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EVANS v. NATIONAL LIFE & ACC. INS. CO.

No. 84-1777.

22 Ohio St. 3d 87 (1986)

EVANS, APPELLANT, v. NATIONAL LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Breckenridge & McCroom and John L. Breckenridge, for appellant.

Guarnieri & Secrest and Anthony G. Rossi, for appellee.

HOLMES, J.

As do many states, Ohio has recognized the legal presumption that in the absence of sufficient substantial evidence to the contrary, a person is presumed not to have taken his own life. This rule was set forth in Shepherd v. Midland Mut. Life Ins. Co. (1949), 152 Ohio St. 6, at 15 [39 O.O. 352]:

"* * * [W]here it is shown that death resulted from bodily injury caused by violent and external means...

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