Maher
Connecticut General Life Ins. v. Maher
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Norcross, J.
From a judgment rendered upon verdict of jury in favor of appellee as beneficiary of a policy of accident insurance issued by appellant, defendant below, the latter appeals. The policy was issued on March 3, 1930, to Helen M. Rohrer, the insured, who was a sistei' of appellee. By the terms of the policy appellant agreed to pay the beneficiary therein named the principal sum of $7,500 in the event of the death of the insured "resulting directly, and independently of all other causes, from bodily injuries effected solely through accidental means." The policy further provided: "This insurance does not cover loss resulting from suicide, or any attempt thereat, sane or insane `~ or by disease or bodily or mental infirmity. * ~` On August 17, 1930, the, insured was killed as a result of falling to the pavement below from a window of an apartment on the sixth floor of an apartment house located on Pacific avenue, San Francisco, in which she was then residing. At the time of her death the insured was the wife of J'. H. loge to whom she was married June 20~, 1930. Appellant by its answer denied that the insured came to her death by accidental means. Upon the *442 conclusion of the evidence…