Legal Opinion

Benno P. Ludwig, as Administrator of the Estate of Dean E. Cane, Deceased v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided October 17, 1975No. 75-1119PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EAST, Senior District Judge.

THE APPEAL

The plaintiff-appellant Benno P. Ludwig, as Administrator of the Estate of Dean E. Cane, deceased, (hereinafter for convenience referred to as Cane) appeals from an adverse summary judgment denying his claim for double the amount of accidental death benefits under a life in*378surance policy (policy) issued by the defendant-appellee Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (hereinafter for convenience referred to as Insurer). We reverse and remand.

FACTS

The undisputed facts are:

Cane then a resident of the state of Michigan and within that state applied to…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. Ingersoll v. KleinIllinois Supreme Court · 1970
  4. P. S. & E. Inc., D/B/A Packing Seals & Engineering Co. v. Selastomer Detroit, Inc., a Division of Microdot, Inc., and Microdot, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
  5. Gaston, Williams & Wigmore of Canada, Ltd. v. WarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1922

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. LudwigSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Edwards v. Mutual of Omaha InsuranceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. Benno P. Ludwig, as Administrator of the Estate of Dean E. Cane, Deceased v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
  4. Dorothy Aylesworth v. Mutual of Omaha, (77-1400) Dorothy Aylesworth v. Travelers Insurance Company, (77-1433)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
  5. Gorenz v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983

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