DODSON v. J.C. PENNEY CO., INC.

No. 02-1601.

309 F.3d 476 (2002)

Kendall DODSON; Dennis D. Dodson; Jerry Dodson; Loyal S. Dodson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. J.C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC.; Defendant, J.C. Penney Life Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: November 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Farris, argued, Batesville, AR, for appellant.

Martin Blair Arnold, argued, Batesville, AR, for appellee.

Before BYE, BEAM and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.


BYE, Circuit Judge.

Kendall, Dennis, Jerry and Loyal Dodson (Dodson children) appeal the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment in favor of J.C. Penney Life Insurance Company dismissing their claim for life insurance proceeds in connection with the deaths of their parents, J.B. and Viola Dodson (Dodsons). We reverse.

I.

In February, 1998, the Dodsons purchased an accidental death and dismemberment...

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