MAMSI Life & Health Ins. Co. v. Callaway, 375 Md. 261, 825 A.2d 995 (2003)

Beneficiaries brought action against insurer to recover accidental death benefits for the insured’s death from autoerotic asphyxiation. The Circuit Court, Wicomico County, D. William Simpson, J., entered summary judgment in favor of the insurer. Beneficiaries appealed. The Court of Special Appeals, 145 Md.App. 567, 806 A.2d 274, Hollander, J., reversed.  Insurer’s petition for certiorari was granted.  The Court of Appeals, Harrell, J., held as a matter of first impression that the death was caused by “intentional self-injury” within the meaning of an exclusion of coverage for any loss caused by intentional self-injury.