Stimulus
Insurance that was to become effective at 9 A.M.on a certain date was taken out on the life of a flight attendant. He died on that date at 10 A.M.local time, which was two hours before 9 A.M.in the time zone where the policy had been purchased. The insurance company contended that paid because the attendant had been his mother’s sole support, and she was ill.
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