COMMON DISASTER

common disaster.An event that causes two or more persons with related property interests (such as an insured and the beneficiary) to die at very nearly the same time, with no way of determining       who      died      first.     See UNIFORM        SIMULTANEOUS   DEATH ACT COMMORIENTES. [Cases: Death  5; Insurance  3485. C.J.S. Death §§ 6, 15; Insurance § 1428.] [Blacks Law 8th]