Legal Opinion
James Burgess and John R. Burgess v. J.C. Penney Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 8, 1999No. 98-2617PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
On September 25, 1995, Melvin Burgess died as a result of injuries he sustained in a drunk driving accident nine days before. At the time of the accident, Mr. Burgess was ' covered by a life insurance policy for $100,-000 which he purchased from J.C. Penney Life Insurance Co. Mr. Burgess’ sons, as beneficiaries of this life insurance policy, sought to recover the benefits from J.C. Penney as a result of their father’s death. J.C. Penney denied payment based on two exclusions in the policy. The first exclusion denies payment if the loss occurred while the covered person’s…
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