Lee v. United States

In this case, appellant Prudential Insurance Company (“Prudential”) appeals the entry of summary judgment by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Granting the plaintiffs’ *1570motion for summary judgment, the court concluded that plaintiffs-appellees Charles and Kathleen Lee were entitled to recover life insurance benefits from their son William Lee’s Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance (“SGLI”) policy. According to federal law, Prudential must terminate an insured’s SGLI coverage “at the end of the thirty-first day of a continuous period of absence without leave.”…