REINKING v. PHILADELPHIA AMERICAN LIFE INS. CO.


910 F.2d 1210 (1990)

Curtis REINKING; Carol Reinking, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PHILADELPHIA AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; ICH Corporation, Defendants. Curtis REINKING; Carol Reinking, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PHILADELPHIA AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; ICH Corporation, Defendants. Curtis REINKING; Carol Reinking, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PHILADELPHIA AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1990.

As Amended August 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Sonnenberg, argued (David R. Rosenberg, on brief), Levan, Schimel, Richman, Belman, Abramson & Scanlan, P.A., Columbia, Md., for defendant-appellant.

Warren D. Stephens, McCarthy, Bacon, Costello & Stephens, Landover, Md., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge, BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge, and KAUFMAN, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Maryland (sitting by designation).


FRANK A. KAUFMAN, Senior District Judge:

The defendant Philadelphia American Life Insurance Company (PALICO) appeals a district court judgment ordering it to pay medical benefits and attorney's fees for injuries which Carol Reinking incurred when she attempted to commit suicide. Because the district court properly applied the law and was not clearly erroneous in finding that Mrs. Reinking lacked the mental capacity to injure herself intentionally, we affirm the judgment...

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