Legal Opinion
Jayedeane Thompson v. American Home Assurance Company, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1996No. 94-6288, 94-6331PublishedCited by 213 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBBONS, Chief District Judge.
These cross-appeals, arising out of the award of benefits under an accidental death benefit insurance policy, present questions of whether the district court properly set aside a default judgment against the insurance company and whether it subsequently erred in granting summary judgment for the beneficiary of the policy.
Appellant and cross-appellee American Home Assurance Co. (“American Home”) issued a group Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance Policy to employees of Bums International Security Systems, Inc. (“Burns”). Robert Thompson voluntarily…
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