Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Estate of Herbert Cammon
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 12, 1991No. 90-1984PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Herbert Cammon and Carol DiPasalegne married in April 1982. Four days before the wedding, Herbert applied for a $250,-000 life insurance policy on Carol’s life. Sixteen days after the wedding, Herbert called the insurer to confirm that the policy was in force. Carol was brutally murdered later that day. Illinois charged Herbert with the murder. After a jury split 10-2 for conviction, Herbert asked for retrial by the court. A judge acquitted him. In this suit, a variant on the murdering-heir theme, Metropolitan Life asks for a declaratory judgment that Herbert not…
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