FISTER v. ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE CO.

No. 15, Sept. Term 2001.

783 A.2d 194 (2001)

366 Md. 201

Maria Angelique FISTER, Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF Mary Gaye FISTER, et al., v. ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

October 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Forman (Bruce E. Kauffman and Forman, P.A., on brief), Towson, for petitioners.

Bryan D. Bolton (Michael R. McCann of Funk & Bolton, P.A., on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL and BATTAGLIA, JJ.


BATTAGLIA, Judge.

The petitioners, the beneficiaries of life insurance policies of the decedent, question the propriety of the Court of Special Appeal's reversal of the trial court's grant of summary judgment in petitioners' favor. The life insurance policies in question exclude coverage for death by suicide. Although the decedent unquestionably wanted to die, her attempts to kill herself failed, and she ultimately convinced...

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