Allison v. United States

WEICK, Circuit Judge.

The sole issue here is whether a student at the University of Kentucky, who enrolled in the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), and who died from natural causes while attending a six-weeks’ training course at an ROTC summer camp, was automatically insured for $10,000 against death by Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance (SGLI) provided for in 38 U.S.C. § 765 et seq. (Supp. 1970).

The Veterans’ Administration construed the SGLI statute as not covering ROTC cadets and denied the claim for the insurance proceeds asserted by the parents of the cadet, who was unmarried.