Shurter v. Bailey

How courts have described this case

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

• decedent’s intentional act of introducing a fatal heroin overdose into his body was an “accident” covered under an accidental death policy
• “The multifaceted term ‘accident’ is not given a narrow, technical definition by the law.”
• “[T]he usual and most important function of courts of justice is rather to maintain and enforce contracts, than to enable parties thereto to escape from their obligation on the pretext of public policy.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).