BENESHUNAS v. INDEPEND. LIFE & ACC. INS. CO.


354 Pa.Super. 391 (1986)

512 A.2d 6

Elizabeth I. McGurl BENESHUNAS, Appellee, v. INDEPENDENCE LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert F. Casellas, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Felix P. Gonzalez, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before WICKERSHAM, WIEAND and POPOVICH, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

Elizabeth McGurl Beneshunas was the beneficiary of a policy of insurance issued by Independence Life and Accident Insurance Company to provide indemnity in the event of the accidental death of the beneficiary's son, Harry McGurl. The insured was killed when the tractor trailer unit which he was operating collided with a concrete bridge abutment. The insurance company denied liability pursuant to a policy exclusion applicable to death caused in whole...

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