Legal Opinion
Jackman Financial Corp. v. Humana Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 31, 2011No. 10-2112PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
When Kunta Torrence was killed in a car accident, he held a life insurance policy through his employer that named his brother as the sole beneficiary. His brother was also in the same car and died at the same time as Torrence. A “facility-of-payment” clause in Torrence’s group life insurance plan allowed the insurer, if the named beneficiary was not living, to choose a substitute beneficiary from among a list of relatives and the deceased’s estate. The insurer did so, choosing to pay Torrence’s children. Long before the insurer had done so, however, the future…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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