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SHENANDOAH LIFE INS. CO. v. FRENCH

Record No. 851000.

373 S.E.2d 718 (1988)

SHENANDOAH LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Rita FRENCH.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wade W. Massie (Penn, Stuart, Eskridge & Jones, Abingdon, on briefs), for appellant.

Florence A. Powell (Mullins, Keuling-Stout, Thomason & Harris, Norton, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, and THOMAS, JJ., and GORDON, Retired Justice.

THOMAS, Justice.

The main issue in this appeal is whether Rita French is entitled to collect $25,000 in accidental death and dismemberment (AD & D) benefits from Shenandoah Life Insurance Company (Shenandoah Life) as a result of the death of her husband Roy L. French in an on-the-job mining accident on May 22, 1984. Roy was killed while working for Lambert Coal Company, Inc. (Lambert), one of Shenandoah Life's insureds.

In 1982, Lambert applied to Shenandoah...

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