Case Name: Anna B. HUSSAR, Appellant, v. GIRARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Texas corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1971-09-01
Citations: 252 So. 2d 374
Docket Number: No. 70-716
Parties: Anna B. HUSSAR, Appellant, v. GIRARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Texas corporation, Appellee.
Judges: LILES and McNULTY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 252
Pages: 374–374

Head Matter:
Anna B. HUSSAR, Appellant, v. GIRARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Texas corporation, Appellee.
No. 70-716.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Sept. 1, 1971.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 6, 1971.
James J. Rowan, of McCutcheon & Rowan, St. Petersburg, for appellant.
William L. Johnson, of Harrison, Greene, Mann, Davenport, Rowe & Stanton, St. Petersburg, for appellee.

Opinion:
PIERCE, Chief Judge.
This case is affirmed on authority of Carter v. Carter, Fla.1956, 88 So.2d 153 and In re Estate of Maxcy, Fla.App. 1970, 240 So.2d 93. The public policy prohibition against permitting a person to benefit from his own wrongdoing should apply to a recovery under a health and accident insurance policy by an insured for intentionally and voluntarily self-inflicted injuries while legally sane.
Affirmed.
LILES and McNULTY, JJ., concur.