New York Court of Appeals

Hartol Products Corporation, Appellant v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, Respondent

March 4, 1943290 N.Y. 44

Summary

The Court reversed the lower courts and held that the accidental‑death benefit exclusion for deaths resulting from "engaged in aviation or aeronautics" does not apply to a fare‑paying passenger who was not occupationally engaged in aviation, requiring the insurer to pay the $50,000 benefit.