Legal Opinion
Mary Santaella and Cary Eldridge v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 23, 1997No. 96-2010PublishedCited by 242 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Mary Santaella and Cary El-dridge are the mother and husband, respectively, of Teresita Eldridge, a woman who died as the result of prescription drug intoxication; they are also the named beneficiaries in her accident insurance policy. When Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“Met-Life”) neither denied nor paid their claim for accident insurance benefits, they filed suit in federal district court claiming breach of contract. The district court, considering cross-motions for summary judgment, concluded that Teresita Eldridge’s death was not accidental and…
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