Legal Opinion
SCHAFFERT BY SCHAFFERT v. Jackson Nat. Life Ins. Co.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided November 5, 1997No. 45A03-9701-CV-30PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GARRARD, Judge.
Deena Schaffert on behalf of her children (collectively “Sehafferts”), appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Jackson National Life Insurance Co. (“Jackson National”), claiming that the trial court erred by choosing to apply Illinois’ substantive law.
We affirm.
FACTS
The Sehafferts’ claim against Jackson National involves their attempt to collect, as beneficiaries, proceeds from a life insurance policy that their father, Dr. Paul Schaffert, (“Dr. Schaffert”) had applied for with Jackson National. Dr. Schaffert, along with his family, resided in…
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