Legal Opinion
Bacon v. Federal Kemper Life Assurance Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 14, 1987PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
This appeal arises out of a wrongful death action in which a jury found the defendant, Federal Kemper Life Assurance Company (Kemper), liable for causing the death of Edwin C. Bacon. Adelaide R. Bacon was the wife of Edwin *851C. Bacon. Kemper is an insurance company which carried a life insurance policy on the life of Bacon. Bacon was found dead in his Boston office on July 30, 1974. In July, 1977, the plaintiff filed a complaint against Kemper alleging both that Kemper’s breach of contract and its negligence in accepting and recording a change of beneficiary caused Bacon’s murder by his…
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