MEYER, Justice.
The Court of Appeals held that although the plaintiff did not fit the statutory definition of "slayer" under N.C.G.S. § 31A-3(3), because she had not been convicted of killing Hilliard, the defendant's evidence to the effect that plaintiff killed or procured the killing of the insured nevertheless gave rise to a common law defense to plaintiff's claim for life insurance proceeds. This common law defense was held to survive the enactment of N.C...
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