Legal Opinion
Sallie Bates v. Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1998No. 97-2667PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Robert Bates purchased an interest sensitive whole life insurance policy from First Pyramid Life Insurance Company. Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (“SBL”) assumed responsibility for administering the policy in 1986. When Bates missed a premium payment in 1988, SBL lapsed the policy and used its cash value to purchase term life insurance. Bates died after the term insurance expired. Sallie Bates, his beneficiary, sued to collect the $100,000 death benefit, arguing that the policy would have been in force when Bates died had SBL not breached the policy by failing…
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- Ann Langley, as Mother and Next Friend of Tamara Langley, a Minor v. Allstate Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
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- Home Indemnity Co. v. City of MariannaSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
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