ZANCA v. LIFE INS. CO. OF NORTH AMERICA

No. 99-CA-2253.

770 So.2d 1 (2000)

Gwen ZANCA v. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA and Exide Corporation.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 2000.

Writ Denied December 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Kevin Coleman, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Michael J. Monistere, Normand F. Pizza, Milling Benson Woodard, L.L.P., New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees.

Court composed of Judge MIRIAM G. WALTZER, Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, Sr.,and Judge PHILIP C. CIACCIO, Pro Tem.


BAGNERIS, Judge.

This controversy arises out of an action by Gwen Zanca, the mother of the deceased Todd Zanca, Exide Corporation ("Exide") and the Life Insurance Company of North America ("LICNA"), defendants, for the proceeds of an accidental death policy. Exide and LICNA paid and processed Todd Zanca's life insurance benefits but refused to pay the accidental death benefits arguing that Mr. Zanca's death was a suicide which precluded payments of benefits.

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