Court Opinion

ID: 9457395
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 20:20:37.978573+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:35:20.053254
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RONEY, Circuit Judge
(dissenting):
I respectfully dissent. The fact question for determination is whether, from the insured’s viewpoint, it was an accident when he was killed by his brother. The principal witness was the brother, whose self-interest is obvious. The matter should have been left to the determination of a properly instructed jury rather than being ruled on by the court as a matter of law. Lewis v. Insurance Company of North America, 416 F.2d 1077 (5th Cir.1969); Releford v. Reserve Life Insurance Company, 154 Tex. 228, 276 S.W.2d 517 (1955).