Legal Opinion
Jo Ann Johnson v. State Mutual Life Assurance Co. Of America
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 21, 1991No. 90-1971PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge,
joined by LAY, Chief Judge, and ARNOLD, BOWMAN, WOLLMAN and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.
Plaintiff Jo Ann Johnson appeals from a district court order dismissing her Complaint for group life insurance benefits. 735 F.Supp. 331. Having concluded that Johnson’s Complaint is governed by Missouri’s ten-year contract statute of limitations, Mo.Ann.Stat. § 516.110(1), instead of the five-year contract statute of limitations applied by the district court, Mo.Ann.Stat. § 516.120(1), we reverse.
In October 1979, Cleveland Johnson died of a gunshot wound. At the time of his death, Mr.…
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