FUNERAL FINANCIAL SYSTEMS v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS.

No. 1-99-1984.

755 N.E.2d 485 (2001)

323 Ill. App.3d 1133

258 Ill.Dec. 102

FUNERAL FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

June 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry C. Lee, Law Office of Harry C. Lee, Chicago, for Appellant.

Catherine A. Van Horn, Davidson, Mandell & Menkes, Chicago, for Appellee.


Justice BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises out of the assignment of proceeds payable under a federal employees' group life insurance policy issued by defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) to the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act (FEGLIA) (5 U.S.C. § 8701 et seq. (1994)). Plaintiff Funeral Financial Systems, Ltd. (FFS), an assignee...

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