United States v. Thomas York

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Tom York never made a dime from his investment in the Just Friends Lounge. Not even when he tried to collect the insurance money. Two explosions rocked the bar during the night of April 18, 1981, ripping the building apart and burying York’s partner, Gail Maher, who lived in an apartment above the bar, in the charred remains. There was a $60,000 insurance policy on the bar and a $50,000 policy on Maher’s life; York was the beneficiary of both. Suspecting foul play, Maher’s family contested York’s claim to the insurance proceeds. The federal government shared the family’s…