ABRAMS v. UNITY MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 99-4108.

237 F.3d 862 (2001)

Richard N. ABRAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITY MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry C. Lee (argued), Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

E. King Poor (argued), Catherine A. Cook, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, COFFEY, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

In the funeral business, the term "preneed" insurance refers to a product that a person may buy to provide in advance for funeral and burial expenses. Richard Abrams, who owned a number of funeral businesses, had some expertise in this kind of preneed life insurance. Unity Mutual Life Insurance (Unity) was interested in moving into the preneed market and decided to use Abrams as its general agent. Although the parties never entered into...

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