Legal Opinion
J.C. Penney Life Insurance Company v. Christian J. Pilosi James C. Pilosi
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 28, 2004No. 02-4204, 02-4298PublishedCited by 158 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This litigation has its genesis in an optimistic gambling junket to Atlantic City and a return flight that ended tragically in death. The ill-fated flight was part of a biweekly shuttle operated by Executive Airlines (“EA”) on behalf of Caesars Casino (“Caesars”). Elaine Pilosi, a passenger on the junket, lost her life when the EA airplane in which she was traveling crashed. Mrs. Pilosi left two sons who were the beneficiaries of an accidental death insurance policy that she had purchased from the defendant, J.C. Penney Life Insurance Company (“J.C. Penney Life” or “the…
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