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WEIL v. FEDERAL KEMPER LIFE ASSURANCE CO.

Docket No. S029652.

7 Cal.4th 125 (1994)

866 P.2d 774

27 Cal. Rptr.2d 316

LOLA BROWN WEIL et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. FEDERAL KEMPER LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

January 31, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Galton & Helm, Nancy A. Jerian and Daniel W. Maguire for Defendant and Appellant.

Richard E. Barnsback, Phillip E. Stano, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, Rita M. Theisen and Jennifer Beckett as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Wylie A. Aitken, Richard A. Cohn and Darren O'Leary Aitken for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

GEORGE, J.

In this case we must determine whether a life insurance policy covering loss of life occurring as the direct result of bodily injury inflicted solely by "external, violent and accidental means" provides coverage when the insured's voluntary ingestion of cocaine resulted in a lethal overdose. Plaintiffs, beneficiaries of the insured, contend that the drug overdose was accidental and therefore that the policy provides...

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