Dixon v. Providential Life Insurance Co.: Case File, Seventh EditionWhen Judge John Dixon was found on the floor of his home office with a gunshot wound to the head, there was no question of foul play. Behind the locked door of his office, Judge Dixon shot himself with favorite shotgun. The only question is, was this an accidentor suicide? Plaintiff Mary Dixon demands that Providential Life Insurance Company pay on her husbands $1 million life insurance policy, taken out shortly before his death. Providential refuses,