Legal Opinion
Linda Singletary v. Prudential Ins Co. of America
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 6, 2016No. 15-30762PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:
Linda Singletary purchased life insurance for herself and her husband through her employer, United Parcel Service. Her husband, Timothy Singletary, was an active-duty soldier in the United States Army. He was killed in a weekend motorcycle accident while off base and not on duty. Prudential Insurance Company of America denied his widow’s claim pursuant to an exclusion for active-duty servicemen. Mrs. Singletary brought suit, claiming she had no notice of the exclusion and that the exclusion is otherwise unenforceable. The district court granted summary…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendonSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. GlennSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Mertens v. Hewitt AssociatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by25 opinions
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