Legal Opinion

Sims v. Monumental General Life Insurance

District Court, E.D. Louisiana

Decided November 8, 1991No. Civ. A. 90-2645PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WICKER, District Judge.

The matter is before the Court cross-motions for summary judgment filed on behalf of plaintiff, Julia Brumfield Sims, and defendant, Monumental General Life Insurance Company (“Monumental”). By way of these motions, the Court has been asked to determine whether or not plaintiff, as beneficiary, can recover $150,000.00 in accidental death benefits under an Accidental Death and Dismemberment group insurance policy (“the Policy”) issued by the defendant. The named insured under the Policy was the plaintiff’s brother, William P. Brumfield.

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Breland v. SchillingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
  2. Diane Lee Sigler v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
  3. Sigler v. Mutual Benefit Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1981
  4. Kennedy v. Washington National InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1987
  5. Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. v. TommieCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Jorita Padfield v. Aig Life Insurance Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
  2. Shirley M. Critchlow v. First Unum Life Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
  3. Julia Brumfield Sims v. Monumental General Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
  4. Critchlow v. First Unum Life Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2002
  5. Shirley M. Critchlow v. First Unum Life Insurance Co. Of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003

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