Legal Opinion
Funeral Financial Systems v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 13, 2000No. 00-1404PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant, Funeral Financial Systems (“Funeral Financial”), asks this Court to find that the district court incorrectly held the assignment of a World War II veteran’s insurance benefits to Funeral Financial violative of the policy’s terms and, thereby, erroneously granted the United States’ motion for summary judgment. For the reasons stated below, we agree with the district court’s determination regarding the validity of the assignment, and we affirm that court’s decision.
I. History
World War II veteran Chafois Gilliam (“Gilliam”) died on January 9, 1998. As a…
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