Case Name: Helen Eisser, Appellant, v. The Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Association of America, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1936-02
Citations: 247 A.D. 727
Docket Number: 
Parties: Helen Eisser, Appellant, v. The Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Association of America, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 247
Pages: 727–727

Head Matter:
Helen Eisser, Appellant, v. The Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Association of America, Respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed on the law and a new trial granted, costs to abide the event. The court erred in charging, at folio 474, that if there was a pre-existing diseased heart which contributed to death, the plaintiff could not recover, because, under the facts of the case, the jury might find that the heart condition did not amount to an active disease at the time plaintiff became ill, but was a dormant condition which was made active by the alleged accident, and, while it then may have contributed to the death of the insured, it was not such a contribution as would prevent plaintiff's recovery. (Silverstein v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 254 N. Y. 81.) Young, Carswell, Davis, Adel and Taylor, JJ., concur.