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Bennett v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States

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Bennett v. Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y of United States, 14 Misc. 2d 759 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1939)
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New York Supreme Court · State Trial Courts
Decided
July 5, 1939
Citations
14 Misc. 2d 75913 N.Y.S.2d 5401939 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1429
Cited by 5 2 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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Per Curiam.

The insured’s death did not occur in consequence of bodily injury effected solely through external, violent and accidental means. Mansbacher v. Prudential Ins. Co. ( 273 N. Y. 140 ) and Berkowitz v. New York Life Ins. Co. ( 256 App. Div. 324 ) are not here controlling, as in those cases the causes were trivial and were followed by some unforeseen, unexpected, extraordinary, and unlooked-for mishap. Here, however, death ensued as the result of postoperative pulmonary *760 embolism. In such event, the cause was neither trivial nor the result unforeseen.

The judgment should be reversed, with $30 costs, and complaint dismissed on the merits, with costs.

Concur — Fraukenthaueb, Shieutag and Noouau, JJ.

Judgment reversed, etc.

How later courts describe this case

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Cited by 5 cases

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1944: 11959: 11967: 12010: 219442026peak 2010 · 2

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. Preferred Accident Ins. v. Clark144 F.2d 165 (10th Cir. 1944)
  2. Barnes v. American International Life Assurance Co.681 F. Supp. 2d 513 (S.D.N.Y. 2010)
  3. Barnes v. AMERICAN INTERN. LIFE ASSUR. CO.681 F. Supp. 2d 513 (S.D.N.Y. 2010)
  4. Bracey v. Metropolitan Life Insurance54 Misc. 2d 175 (1967)
  5. Rosenthal v. Mutual Life Insurance7 A.D.2d 182 (1959) · Dissent

Most recent

  1. Barnes v. AMERICAN INTERN. LIFE ASSUR. CO.681 F. Supp. 2d 513 (S.D.N.Y. 2010)
  2. Barnes v. American International Life Assurance Co.681 F. Supp. 2d 513 (S.D.N.Y. 2010)
  3. Bracey v. Metropolitan Life Insurance54 Misc. 2d 175 (1967)
  4. Rosenthal v. Mutual Life Insurance7 A.D.2d 182 (1959) · Dissent
  5. Preferred Accident Ins. v. Clark144 F.2d 165 (10th Cir. 1944)

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Authorities cited 2

DepthCaseCited by
Mansbacher v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 7 N.E.2d 18 (N.Y. 1937) 55
Berkowitz v. N.Y. Life Ins., 256 A.D. 324 (1939) 26

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