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MOORE v. STATE FARM LIFE INS. CO.

878 S.W.2d 946 (1994)

John W. MOORE, Guardian and Next Friend of Joshua Ulrich and Patrick Ulrich, Minor Beneficiaries, and as Administrator of the Estate of Lisa Viola Jordan, Deceased, and The Unknown Beneficiaries of Lisa Viola Jordan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE FARM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and Jack Lindsey Jordan, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

June 13, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin G. Patterson, Memphis, Christopher L. Nearn, Hester & McCrary, Bartlett, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Kimbrough Johnson, Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell, Memphis, for defendants-appellants.

OPINION

REID, Chief Justice.

This case presents for review summary judgment, affirmed by the Court of Appeals, that the husband, who was the primary beneficiary under a policy of insurance on the life of his wife, is barred by T.C.A. § 31-1-106 (1984) from receiving the proceeds of the policy because he was convicted, on a plea of guilty, of vehicular homicide for his wife's death. This Court finds that because the proof does not show that the...

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