Schmal v. Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Co.

OXBERGER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from the district court’s order granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment. Plaintiffs, decedent’s wife and son, sued defendant, Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company, to recover money due them under the decedent’s life insurance policy. Defendant moved for summary judgment asserting that plaintiffs could not recover the full value because the decedent had committed suicide. Plaintiffs contend the district court erred in granting the motion for summary judgment; they assert there exists an issue of material fact in the manner by which the…