DAVIS v. COMBES

No. 00-3910.

294 F.3d 931 (2002)

Linda DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David COMBES and Wendy Jackson, as guardian of the estate of Ashley Combes, a minor, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 28, 2002.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Simon (Argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jeralyn H. Baran (Argued), Chuhak & Tecson, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

This case pits a surviving husband and child against a sister in a fight over the proceeds of three insurance policies. Brenda Combes was the insured person; she died suddenly at the age of 43. Her husband, David Combes, was surprised to discover that Brenda had changed the beneficiaries on these policies (or had tried to do so) from himself and the couple's daughter Ashley to Brenda's sister, Linda Davis. In time, two of the insurance...

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