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SIGLER v. MUTUAL BEN. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 81-1217.

663 F.2d 49 (1981)

Diane Lee SIGLER, Appellant, v. MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 2, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patterson, Lorentzen, Duffield, Timmons, Irish & Becker by James A. Lorentzen (argued), Jeffrey A. Boehlert, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellant, Diane Lee Sigler.

David W. Belin, Charles D. Hunter (argued), Ann Marie Williams, Belin, Harris, Helmick & Heartney, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellee, Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.

Before STEPHENSON and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Diane Lee Sigler appeals the denial of her claim for accidental death benefits on a policy issued on her husband's life by Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, as well as for compensatory and punitive damages as a result of Mutual Benefit's alleged bad faith and intentional infliction of emotional distress in denying her claim for benefits.

On cross-motion for summary judgment, the district court1 granted defendant...

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