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SANTAELLA v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 96-2010.

123 F.3d 456 (1997)

MARY SANTAELLA and Cary Eldridge, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Hellner, Chicago, IL, E. James Gildea (argued), Elmhurst, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Paul G. Huck, Allan M. Marcus (argued), Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Law Department, New York City, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WOOD, JR., RIPPLE and MANION, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Mary Santaella and Cary Eldridge are the mother and husband, respectively, of Teresita Eldridge, a woman who died as the result of prescription drug intoxication; they are also the named beneficiaries in her accident insurance policy. When Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife") neither denied nor paid their claim for accident insurance benefits, they filed suit in federal district court claiming breach of contract. The district...

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