Legal Opinion
Linda Davis v. David Combes and Wendy Jackson, as Guardian of the Estate of Ashley Combes, a Minor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 23, 2002No. 00-3910PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
This case pits a surviving husband and child against a sister in a fight over the proceeds of three insurance policies. Brenda Combes was the insured person; she died suddenly at the age of 43. Her husband, David Combes, was surprised to discover that Brenda had changed the beneficiaries on these policies (or had tried to do so) from himself and the couple’s daughter Ashley to Brenda’s sister, Linda Davis. In time, two of the insurance companies filed interpleader actions (one in the Eastern District of North Carolina and one in the Northern District of Illinois)…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Becker v. MontgomerySupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Beatty v. . Guggenheim Exploration Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Parham v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Martin v. Heinold Commodities, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1994
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3Cited by33 opinions
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