REGULAR INSURANCE CLAIMS.
A Chicago apartment house agent, while passing a doctor’s office, caught sight of a fire within it. The door being locked, he jumped through the plate glass window to set to work at putting out the fire. His claims as filed under the fire policy, were as follows: (a) For damage done to the building; (b) for breakage of the plate glass window (under the plate glass policy); (c) for indemnity under his accident policy for injuries received by jumping through the window; and (d) (under the double indemnity clause) on the ground that he was injured in a burning building. The plate glass and accident claims were paid by the casualty company; but the double indemnity benefit was refused, the company claiming that the injuries were received while entering a burning building.
