Questão jurídica principal
Whether the tsunami-related experience qualified as an accident / shock event under accident insurance law.
Decisão extraída
The insured’s experience formed a single, extraordinary shock event and therefore qualified as an accident.
Fundamentação extraída
The event must be assessed as a whole: although she did not see the first wave on land, she remained exposed on the boat and during the dangerous return to shore and inland. The overall situation involved exceptional fear and life-threatening circumstances.