A widow has won a bitter victory — her husband’s death by electrocution to the genitals has to be revisited by their insurance company.
Widow receives accidental-death benefits in auto-erotic electrocution case
Paul Martin, 35, was found lying naked from the waist down in his upstate basement in December 2008 after hooking himself up to an electrical contraption made of purple wire with a bare loop on one end.
“The other purple wire ‘handle’ end was held in the victim’s hand, and the center ‘live’ wire appeared to be a possible switch, which was held in his other hand,” said a police report.
Widow Amanda Martin sued The Hartford life-insurance company after it denied her claim for accidental-death benefits because it said her hubby, an electrical engineer, died from “a deliberate act on his part.”
Read more: Widow receives accidental-death benefits in auto-erotic electrocution case - NYPOST.com
Widow receives accidental-death benefits in auto-erotic electrocution case - NYPOST.com
Widow receives accidental-death benefits in auto-erotic electrocution case
Paul Martin, 35, was found lying naked from the waist down in his upstate basement in December 2008 after hooking himself up to an electrical contraption made of purple wire with a bare loop on one end.
“The other purple wire ‘handle’ end was held in the victim’s hand, and the center ‘live’ wire appeared to be a possible switch, which was held in his other hand,” said a police report.
Widow Amanda Martin sued The Hartford life-insurance company after it denied her claim for accidental-death benefits because it said her hubby, an electrical engineer, died from “a deliberate act on his part.”
Read more: Widow receives accidental-death benefits in auto-erotic electrocution case - NYPOST.com
Widow receives accidental-death benefits in auto-erotic electrocution case - NYPOST.com
