Legal Opinion
Mondrus v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 25, 1991No. 91 C 4658PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ASPEN, District Judge:
In this diversity action, Michael Mondrus brings a three-count complaint against Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company (“Mutual Benefit”), seeking a declaration of his disability under the terms of Disability Income Policy number H401.454, damages for breach of contract, and statutory relief pursuant to Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 73, ¶ 767. Currently before the court is Mutual Benefit’s motion to stay proceedings. For the reasons stated below, we grant the motion to stay under the abstention doctrine of Burford v. Sun Oil Co., 319 U.S. 315, 63 S.Ct.…
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