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GLENN v. LIFE INS. CO. OF NORTH AMERICA

No. 99-4315.

240 F.3d 679 (2001)

Mary GLENN; Ernest-Jackson; Lori Marshall; Lane Glenn, Appellants, v. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, a Pennsylvania Stock corporation (a part of CIGNA Group Insurance), Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 12, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Deffett, argued, Gladstone, MO (G. Spencer Miller and Christopher L. Heigele, on the brief), for Appellants.

Richard N. Bien, argued, Kansas City, MO (R. Kent Sellers, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before BOWMAN, FAGG, and BYE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

After Robert Jackson died of a self-inflicted gun shot wound, his beneficiaries sought the proceeds of an accidental death insurance policy covering Jackson and issued to Jackson's employer by Life Insurance Company of North America. The policy excludes benefits for intentionally self-inflicted injuries while sane. The Company denied coverage, concluding there was no evidence Jackson was insane at the time of his death or that his suicide was accidental...

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