Death due to mosquito bite an accident, says commission
January 01, 2017 19:30
In a ruling that will benefit many insurance holders, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held that death due to mosquito bite causing malaria is an accident.
"It is difficult for us to accept that the death due to a mosquito bite would not be a death due to an accident," Justice V K Jain said.
"It can hardly be disputed that a mosquito bite is something which no one expects and happens all of a sudden.
"As per the information available on the website of the insurance company, an accident may include events like snake bite, frost bite and dog bite. Hence it would be very difficult to accept the contention that malaria due to
mosquito bite is a disease and not an accident," the commission said.
The order came on a claim filed by Mousami Bhattacharjee whose husband, Debasish, died in January 2012.
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