Lewis v. Continental Casualty Co.

Citations

• 61 Wash. 154
• 112 P. 91
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1301

Syllabus

<p>Death— Insurance — Accidental Death — Injuries—Evidence— Sueeiciency. In an action on an accident insurance policy precluding recovery for death by drowning, there is no sufficient proof that the insured received a personal bodily injury through external, violent, or accidental causes other than drowning, and that her death resulted from injury, where she went down with the vessel and was seen no more, and it was merely shown that when the vessel sank head first into the sea, other passengers near the insured were thrown violently against the deck and received severe bodily injuries, one rescued passenger having died from such injuries.</p>