Legal Opinion
Minnesota Life Insurance v. Kagan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 31, 2013No. 12-1840PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
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An unexpected death can often unite family members in their grief, bringing them closer together and helping them to overlook previous differences. But for the Kagans, an unexpected death in 2009 seemed to have just the opposite effect, fueling the flames of an already burning feud among family members. The decedent, Allen Kagan, suffered a fatal heart attack while doing yard work on December 2, 2009, after years of heart problems and a prior open-heart surgery. Allen left behind a wife of three years, Arlene, as well as three adult children from a previous marriage,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Coopers & Lybrand v. LivesaySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Gallagher v. LenartIllinois Supreme Court · 2007
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Mildred Johnson v. Lashanda Smith, Leonard Smith and Carolyn HallCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
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- Board of Trade v. Dow Jones & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1983
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