Legal Opinion
Sutton v. Banner Life Insurance
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 30, 1996No. 94-CV-927PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
Appellee Banner Life Insurance Company denied appellant Maxine Sutton’s claim for a death benefit under her husband’s life insurance policy following his suicide, on the ground that the suicide occurred within two years of the policy date and was therefore barred by the policy’s suicide clause. Sutton brought this action, contending that the policy containing the term upon which Banner Life relies was not a new policy, but should be interpreted as only an increase in coverage over an earlier policy containing a similar clause, the terms of which had already been…
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