 | Illinois. Appellate Court, Martin L. Newell, Mason Harder Newell, Walter Clyde Jones, Keene Harwood Addington, James Christopher Cahill, Basil Jones, James Max Henderson, Ray Smith - 1907 - 716 pages
...as one of the elements contributing to produce the result. An accident is denned as 'an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation;...effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected.' " In Provident Life Ins. & Inv. Co. v. Martin, 32 Md. 310, it is said: "Nor is it a good defense that... | |
 | 1907 - 1306 pages
...cannot subscribe. Injuries resulting from events taking place without one's foresight or expectation, or an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or...effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected, must be borne by the unfortunate sufferer, which seems to us to be the condition of the plaintiff in... | |
 | James Biggs Porter - 1908 - 658 pages
...mining. THE LAWS OF INSURANCE. " One accident." Sunstroke. Accident and reuniting injury distinct. which proceeds from an unknown cause, or is an unusual...therefore not expected : chance, casualty, contingency." And in another American case " Accidental means " were defined as " those which produce effects which... | |
 | Nehemiah Hawkins - 1909 - 714 pages
...and aids another one, as a governor is an accessory of the steam engine. Accident. — An event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation ; an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, and therefore not expected ; chance ; casualty. Acidimeter. — An instrument for determining the purity... | |
 | 1911 - 870 pages
...Rep. 671, when an injury results from an event taking place without one's foresight or expectation, or an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or...unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore not anticipated, the consequences must be borne by the unfortunate sufferer, who is without legal remedy... | |
 | Roger William Cooley - 1912 - 508 pages
...Co. v. Burroughs, 69 Pa. 43, 51, 8 Am. Rep. 212, the court said that an accident is "an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation;...therefore not expected ; chance ; casualty ; contingency," — and held that a strain of the abdominal muscles, produced by pitching hay, which caused an inflammation... | |
 | 1912 - 1080 pages
...death, what matters it whether the injury is caused by a strain or blow? An accident is 'an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation...therefore not expected; chance; casualty; contingency.' And accidental signifies, 'Happening by chance or unexpectedly ; taking place not according to the... | |
 | Roger William Cooley - 1912 - 512 pages
...Co. v. Burroughs, 69 Pa. 43, 51, 8 Am. Rep. 212, the court said that an accident is "an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation;...cause, and therefore not expected; chance; casualty; contingency,"—and held that a strain of the abdominal muscles, produced by pitching hay, which caused... | |
 | 1912 - 1136 pages
...— "Casualty" within the meaning of the proviso in section 3 of the hours of service act is an act which proceeds from an unknown cause or is an unusual effect of a known case. US v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. (P. 38.) CLASSIFICATION NOT ARBITRARY. — The classification... | |
 | 1921 - 660 pages
..."an event that takes place without one's expectation;" "an undesigned, sudden and unexpected event;" "an event which proceeds from an unknown cause or...an unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore unexpected." The term "accidental means," as employed here, as we understand it, means accidental cause,... | |
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an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation ; an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or is an unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected; chance; casualty; contingency. 
