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PRUDENTIAL INS. CO. OF AMERICA v. ATHMER

No. 98-4043.

178 F.3d 473 (1999)

PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company, Plaintiffs, v. Chrystal ATHMER, a minor, and Geneva Athmer, individually and as guardian of Chrystal Athmer, Defendants-Appellants, v. Steven M. Hill, Jr., a minor, and Betty Jo Pierce, individually and as guardian for Steven M. Hill, Jr., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Pautler, Thompson & Coburn, St. Louis, MO, argued, for Plaintiffs.

Steven E. Katzman, John F. Pawloski (argued), Katzman & Mack, Belleville, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Mary M. Brauer (argued), Cook, Shevlin, Keefe, Ysursa, Brauer & Bartholomew, Belleville, IL; John J. O'Gara, Jr., Belleville, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

A pair of insurance companies brought this interpleader action to determine who should receive the proceeds of two life insurance policies owned by a man who was murdered by his wife. The contenders are the victim's natural daughter, and the murderess's natural son and sister. Upon stipulated facts, the district judge rendered judgment for the latter two, and the daughter appeals.

Kevin Spann, a soldier in the U.S. Army, was the insured...

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