Drug, Narcotics Exclusions Bar Claims Under Accidental Death Policy, Panel Says

(September 16, 2024, 11:18 AM EDT) -- DENVER — A district court properly dismissed a breach of contract and bad faith suit filed by the beneficiaries of accidental death insurance policies because the policies’ drug and narcotics exclusions bar coverage for the insured’s death, caused by taking a combination of hydrocodone and mitragynine, the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said....