Legal Opinion
Kirtley v. Sovereign Life Insurance (In Re Durability Inc.)
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 8, 2000No. 99-5105PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
Scott Kirtley, successor trustee of the estate of Durability, Inc. (Trustee), appeals from the district court’s affirmance of summary judgment granted in favor of Sovereign Life Insurance Company of California (Sovereign) by the bankruptcy court on the Trustee’s claim that he was entitled to assume a $500,000 “key-man” life insurance policy on Fred I. Palmer, II (Palmer), Durability’s former president and sole shareholder. Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 158(b) and 1291, we address two issues: whether the district court abused its discretion in failing…
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