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HIGHTOWER v. KIRKSEY

No. 97-3087.

157 F.3d 528 (1998)

Charlene C. HIGHTOWER, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. Lessie KIRKSEY, Defendant-Counter-Defendant-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 8, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lary G. Stone, Stone & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Charlene C. Hightower.

James R. Donoval (argued), Edward R. Vrdolyak, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Lessie Kirksey.

Joseph J. Hasman, Peterson & Ross, Chicago, IL; Alvin Pasternak (argued), Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York City, for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

An employee of the United States Postal Service, Pink Kirksey ("the insured"), was covered under a life insurance policy issued by the defendant-appellee Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife") pursuant to the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act ("FEGLIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 8701-16. The insured died in September of 1995 and on November 18, 1996, the plaintiff-appellee, Charlene Hightower ("Hightower"), the daughter of the insured...

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