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TURNER v. SAFECO LIFE INS. CO.

No. 93-5039.

17 F.3d 141 (1994)

Doris E. TURNER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SAFECO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 18, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Barnett, III, Kenneth E. Dunn (briefed), Barnett, Shanks & Dunn, Louisville, KY, for plaintiff-appellee.

Samuel G. Bridge, Jr. (briefed), Michelle Turner, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, KY, for defendant-appellant.

Before: KENNEDY and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an action brought in federal court pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., for recovery of a death benefit under a group life insurance policy. A trucking firm of which the decedent was a partner purchased the policy from the defendant insurance company after the decedent had stopped working because of what proved to be terminal cancer. The decedent...

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