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BOOK v. MONUMENTAL LIFE INS. CO.

Docket No. 259362.

723 N.W.2d 208 (2006)

271 Mich. App. 564

Lawrence BOOK, Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert C. Whitman, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MONUMENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided July 18, 2006, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication October 12, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Logeman, Iafrate & Pollard, P.C. (by James A. Iafrate), Ann Arbor, for the plaintiff.

Bush Seyferth Kethledge & Paige P.L.L.C. (by Richard W. Paige), Troy, for the defendant.

Before: DONOFRIO, P.J., and O'CONNELL and SERVITTO, JJ.

O'CONNELL, J.

Plaintiff appeals as of right the trial court's order granting summary disposition to defendant. We affirm. The parties dispute whether decedent's life insurance policy covers his death from autoerotic asphyxiation. We agree with the trial court that intentionally depriving the brain of oxygen to generate a physical sensation constitutes a self-inflicted injury. Because the policy excluded death resulting from a self-inflicted injury, plaintiff may not...

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