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AMERICAN BANKERS INS. CO. OF FLORIDA v. GILBERTS

No. 98-2118.

181 F.3d 931 (1999)

AMERICAN BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA, Appellee, v. Dinah GILBERTS; Jane Anderson, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed June 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon L. Van Cyck, Minneapolis, MN, argued for appellant.

Therese Marie Marso, St. Paul, MN, argued (John C. Ekman on the brief), for appellee.

BEFORE: BEAM and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and GOLDBERG, Judge of the United States Court of International Trade.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Dinah Gilberts and Jane Anderson appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment to American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida (American Bankers). The district court held that their brother's death resulting from autoerotic asphyxiation was caused by an intentional self-inflicted injury, and thus was not covered by his group accident insurance policy. We reverse.

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