Case Name: Carolyn M. Hoyt, Respondent, v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1967-06-01
Citations: 19 N.Y.2d 998
Docket Number: 
Parties: Carolyn M. Hoyt, Respondent, v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 998–1000

Head Matter:
Carolyn M. Hoyt, Respondent, v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Appellant.
Argued May 22, 1967;
decided June 1, 1967.
Meyer Fix and Thomas E. Goldman for appellant.
John J. Gonsidine, Jr., for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Judges Scileppi, Bergan, Keating and Breitel. Chief Judge Fuld and Judge Burke dissent and vote to reverse on the ground that the insured's death was not " accidental " within the sense of the insurance policy sued upon. Taking no part: Judge Van Voorhis.