BUCKINGHAM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. WINSTEAD


454 S.W.2d 696 (1970)

BUCKINGHAM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Ida M. WINSTEAD, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl R. Clontz, Allen & Clontz, Mount Vernon, for appellant.

Elmer Cunnagin, Jr., McKee, for appellee.


GEORGE B. RYAN, Special Commissioner.

On December 13, 1968, the insured, John Albert Winstead, appellee's decedent, was operating his 1966 one-half ton pickup truck on Kentucky Highway 21 in Madison County, Kentucky when it left the road and struck a telephone pole resulting in his death the same day.

The decedent had purchased a policy of insurance from the appellant, the terms of which provided, among other things, for accidental death benefits:

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