Hoffman v. Life Insurance Co. of North America

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that where insured's conduct and use of weapon threatens death or serious bodily injury to another, insured should expect or anticipate that threatened individual will very likely respond with deadly force, and under those circumstances insured's death is not accidental
• discussing meaning of “ ‘accidental’ as used in an accidental death insurance policy”
• construing the words “accident” or “accidental” as used in an accidental death policy
• applying rule that ambiguities be resolved against drafter in construing insurance contract
• applying rule that ambiguities be resolved against drafter in construing insurance contract
• discussing meaning of \ 'accidental' as used in an accidental death insurance policy\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).