METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. ESTATE OF CAMMON

No. 90-1984.

929 F.2d 1220 (1991)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ESTATE OF Herbert CAMMON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Hasman, Steven P. Mandell, Peterson & Ross, Chicago, Ill., Ann M. Reed, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., New York City, for plaintiff-appellee.

Stephen E. Smith, Fredrick Rothenberg, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and COFFEY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Herbert Cammon and Carol DiPasalegne married in April 1982. Four days before the wedding, Herbert applied for a $250,000 life insurance policy on Carol's life. Sixteen days after the wedding, Herbert called the insurer to confirm that the policy was in force. Carol was brutally murdered later that day. Illinois charged Herbert with the murder. After a jury split 10-2 for conviction, Herbert asked for retrial by the court. A judge acquitted...

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