Frasher v. Life Investors Insurance Co. of America

Brazil, J.:

Mary Frasher, administrator of Steven G. Frasher’s estate, appeals the district court’s decision granting summary *584judgment to Life Investors Insurance Company of America. The trial court held that a Missouri statute barring suicide as a defense to paying life insurance benefits did not apply in this case and that there was no coverage under the terms of a policy issued by Life Investors. We reverse and remand.

On January 12, 1988, Steven G. Frasher made an installment purchase of a vehicle from John Wallace Dodge, Inc., (Dodge) a car dealer in Overland Park, Kansas. Dodge is a…