Majority: Court Erred In Finding Mosquito Bite Was Not ‘Accidental Bodily Injury’

Mealey's (March 23, 2018, 12:21 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A majority of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 22 held that a lower federal court erred in relying solely on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine that there is no issue of material fact regarding whether a mosquito bite was an "accidental bodily injury,” reversing the lower court in part in a dispute over accidental death insurance benefits (Gloria Wells v. Minnesota Life Insurance Company, No. 16-20831, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 7267)....