Case Name: MUTUAL BENEFIT HEALTH AND ACCIDENT ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. Josephine L. MESSINA, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1965-06-03
Citations: 350 F.2d 458
Docket Number: No. 18815
Parties: MUTUAL BENEFIT HEALTH AND ACCIDENT ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. Josephine L. MESSINA, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 350
Pages: 458–462

Head Matter:
MUTUAL BENEFIT HEALTH AND ACCIDENT ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. Josephine L. MESSINA, Appellee.
No. 18815.
United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.
Argued Feb. 2, 1965.
Decided June 3, 1965.
Petition for Rehearing Before the Division Denied Sept. 23, 1965.
Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied Sept. 29, 1965.
Mr. John Joseph Leahy, Washington, D. C., for appellant.
Mr. Austin P. Frum, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Thomas S. Jackson, Robert M. Gray and John L. Laskey, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.
Before Edgerton and Bastian, Senior Circuit Judges, and Burger, Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court, after trial, in favor of appellee, who sued as beneficiary to recover the face amount of an air travel insurance policy purchased by her husband from an agent of appellant at Tachikawa Air Force Base, Japan, before embarking on a trip to Washington, D. C. He was fatally injured, while a' passenger, by the crash of an air taxi between Travis Air Force Base and San Francisco International Airport. The question is whether the policy covered the taxi flight. The facts are fully stated in the District Judge's memorandum of April 24, 1964, as amended May 8,1964. We agree with his opinion and therefore affirm the appealed judgment.
Affirmed.