Legal Opinion
Holloway v. J.C. Penney Life Insurance
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 23, 1998No. 97 C 4555PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ASPEN, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs in this proposed class action case are the beneficiaries of insureds who purchased from J.C. Penney Life Insurance Company (“J.C. Penney”) an accidental death policy which unambiguously excludes coverage of an insured whose blood alcohol level exceeds .10 percent at the time of his death." Pursuant to that policy, J.C. Penney refused to pay benefits to the plaintiffs following the deaths of William Holloway, who died with a blood alcohol level of 107 while swimming, and Charles Jones II, whose blood alcohol level was .17 at the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. Thomas E. BellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Olson v. American Bankers Insurance Co. of FloridaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1994
- Bill v. Northwestern National Life InsuranceMichigan Court of Appeals · 1985
- Kenneth Sutherland, Sr. v. Nn Investors Life Insurance Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Pamela K. Lane v. J.C. Penney Life Insurance Company, a Vermont CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
3Cited by3 opinions
- Cecylia Chmiel v. Jc Penney Life Insurance Company, a Foreign Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Holloway v. J.C. Penney Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Holloway v. J.C. Penney Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999