Show A new point in insurance the ingenuity of some companies in devising ways and means for evading responsibility is equaled by nothing on earth A claim was recently made against an accident insurance company for indemnity by a physician who had met with an injury in a very peculiar fashion he had been ill as the result of an accident received some time previous but was partly recovered while driving he was seized with a and great exhaustion overcame him he stopped his horse and proceeded to administer a hypodermic injection of some powerful stimulant to which ho resorted in such emergencies just as he was about to insert the needle his borse started tho needle was driven deep into the flesh inflicting a severe and painful injury ho sued for indemnity ho being disabled for 22 weeks the audgo dismissed the complaint on the ground that the injury was not caused through external violent and accidental ci means in the intent and pur pose of the policy this decision will strike the average thinking individual as somewhat peculiar if a mishap due to the sudden starting of a horse is not tin accident it might bo interesting to know how tho word could be defined ifer york ledger |