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DUNAWAY v. BANKERS LIFE & CAS. CO.

No. 13792.

393 So.2d 387 (1980)

Jean W. DUNAWAY v. BANKERS LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY and Life Insurance Company of North America.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Stratton, Baker, Roy Maughan, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant Jean W. Dunaway.

Pam Crawford and Charles S. McCowan, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Volunteer State Life Ins. Co.

John Michael Parker, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Banker's Life & Cas. Co.

Francis G. Weller, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Life Ins. Co. of North America.

Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS and PONDER, JJ.

EDWARDS, Judge.

Lampton E. Dunaway died from a shotgun wound to the chest on January 21, 1978. His wife, Jean W. Dunaway, plaintiff, sought to collect $36,001.17 in life insurance benefits from various policies. When the insurance companies refused payment on the ground that Mr. Dunaway had committed suicide which, according to the policies, precluded payment, plaintiff brought suit. Bankers Life and Casualty Company, Life Insurance Company of North America and Volunteer...

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