LIFE INS. CO. OF NORTH AMERICA v. VON VALTIER

No. 96-1947.

116 F.3d 279 (1997)

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sandra VON VALTIER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Hoverson (argued), Modesto, Reynolds & McDermott, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Anthony E. Blumberg (argued), Marshall Patner, Marshall Patner & Associates, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before CUMMINGS, COFFEY and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

The unhappy facts of this case require us to decide whether the accidental death insurance policy from the Life Insurance Company of North America, the plaintiff in this declaratory judgment action, covers the self-inflicted death of Seymour O. Schlanger, who was a professor at Northwestern University. The district court granted summary judgment for Life Insurance, concluding that Sandra Von Valtier, Schlanger's former wife, had not brought...

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