United States Second Circuit
CRITCHLOW v. FIRST UNUM LIFE INS. CO. OF AM., 02-7585
A decedent's intentional act of constricting his trachea with the purpose of depriving his brain of oxygen (autoerotic asphyxiation) is an intentionally self-inflicted injury within the meaning of an insurance policy's exclusionary clause.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/07/2003
- Published 08/07/2003
Judges
- KEARSE, Circuit Judge., Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, KEARSE, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Second Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Irving Pheterson, Rochester, New York (Pheterson & Pheterson, Christopher J. Calabrese, Elliot, Stern & Calabrese, Rochester, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Paul K. Stecker, Buffalo, New York (Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, Buffalo, NY, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.