Loss of Life or a Bodily injury. If the employee sustains an accidental bodily injury which results in one of the following losses within 365 days of the accident, the following schedule applies: Loss of life The Principal Sum Loss of both hands or both feet The Principal Sum Loss of one hand and one foot The Principal Sum Loss of entire sight of both eyes The Principal Sum Loss of speech and hearing The Principal Sum Loss of the entire sight of one eye and one hand or foot The Principal Sum Loss of one hand or one foot One-Half The Principal Sum Loss of the entire sight of one eye One-Half The Principal Sum Loss of speech or hearing One-Half The Principal Sum Loss of thumb and index finger (of the same hand) One-Quarter The Principal Sum If the employee elects family coverage, both the employee and eligible family members are insured; if there are no dependents, the spouse or same-sex domestic partner as defined in Letter C-41 of Exhibit B is covered for an amount equal to sixty percent (60%) of the employee’s coverage. If there is no spouse, each eligible dependent is covered for twenty percent (20%) of the employee’s coverage. If both a spouse or same-sex domestic partner as defined in Letter C-41 of Exhibit B and dependent(s) are covered, the spouse or same-sex domestic partner is covered for an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the employee’s coverage and each dependent is covered for an amount equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the employee’s coverage. Benefits under this provision will not be paid under any circumstances for more than one of the losses, the greatest, sustained by the covered employee or covered family member as the result of any one injury. “Loss,” as used with reference to hand or foot, means complete severance through or above the wrist or ankle joint; as used with reference to eye, means irrecoverable loss of the entire sight thereof; as used with reference to speech and hearing, means entire and irrecoverable loss of speech and hearing; and as used with reference to thumb and index finger, means complete severance through or above metacarpophalangeal joints. For losses sustained on or after October 14, 1996, the benefits described in C. (2) through (7) apply:
Loss of Life or a Bodily injury. If the employee sustains an accidental bodily injury which results in one of the following losses within three hundred sixty-five (365) days of the accident, the following schedule applies: Loss of life The Principal Sum Loss of both hands or both feet The Principal Sum Loss of one hand and one foot The Principal Sum Loss of entire sight of both eyes The Principal Sum Loss of speech and hearing The Principal Sum Loss of the entire sight of one eye and one hand or foot The Principal Sum Loss of one hand or one foot One-Half The Principal Sum Loss of the entire sight of one eye One-Half The Principal Sum Loss of speech or hearing One-Half The Principal Sum Loss of thumb and index finger (of the same hand) One-Quarter The Principal Sum If the employee elects family coverage, both the employee and eligible family members are insured; if there are no children, the spouse is covered for an amount equal to sixty percent (60%) of the employee’s coverage. If there is no spouse, each eligible child is covered for twenty percent (20%) of the employee’s coverage. If both a spouse and one or more children are covered, the spouse is covered for an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the employee’s coverage and each child is covered for an amount equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the employee’s coverage. Benefits under this provision will not be paid under any circumstances for more than one of the losses, the greatest, sustained by the covered employee or covered family member as the result of any one injury. “Loss,” as used with reference to hand or foot, means complete severance through or above the wrist or ankle joint; as used with reference to eye, means irrecoverable loss of the entire sight thereof; as used with reference to speech and hearing, means entire and irrecoverable loss of speech and hearing; and as used with reference to thumb and index finger, means complete severance through or above metacarpophalangeal joints. For losses sustained on or after October 14, 1996, the benefits described in C. (2) through (7) apply:
