Andrew L. Cunninghame v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

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• no coverage under Accidental Death and Dismemberment policy for spinal injury resulting in loss of function of both feet when loss is described as dismemberment by severance
• “Where there is an absence of state authority on the issue presented to a federal court sitting in diversity, ... the federal court must make an estimate of what the state’s highest court would rule to be its law.”

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