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- Title: Mary E. Nielsen v. Provident Life and
- Author : Supreme Court of Idaho No. 12725
- Release Date : January 08, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of defendant-respondent Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company in an action brought by plaintiff-appellant Mary Nielsen seeking to recover death benefits under an insurance policy on the life of her husband William Nielsen, who died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. We are required for the first time in Idaho to construe an insurance policy excluding benefits where death results from suicide, while sane or insane. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. William Nielsen, on January 14, 1976, purchased a Provident 20-year decreasing term life insurance policy with death benefits of $150,000.00. The primary beneficiary was Mary Nielsen. William Nielsen died on December 25, 1976, as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The policy was at that time in full force and effect. It contained the following provision: