MURDOCK v. MONUMENTAL LIFE INS. CO.

No. 981718-CA.

2 P.3d 963 (2000)

2000 Utah Ct. App. 146

Marilyn MURDOCK, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MONUMENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign corporation doing business in Utah, Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

May 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Haslam, Provo, and G. Eric Nielson, Salt Lake City, for Appellant.

Julianne Blanch and Joy L. Clegg, Salt Lake City, for Appellee.

Before Judges BENCH, BILLINGS, and ORME.


OPINION

BILLINGS, Judge:

¶ 1 Marilyn Murdock (Plaintiff) appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Monumental Life Insurance Company (Monumental). The trial court concluded as a matter of law that Monumental properly denied coverage because the death of the insured, Plaintiff's late husband Zachary Murdock (Murdock), was not an accident, and because the death was contributed to by commission of a felony. We affirm.

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