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BAJWA v. METRO. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 95051.

804 N.E.2d 519 (2004)

208 Ill.2d 414

281 Ill.Dec. 554

Khalid J. BAJWA, Adm'r of the Estate of Muhammad Cheema, a/k/a Manwar Ahmad Bajwa, Deceased, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 23, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chittenden, Murday & Novotny, L.L.C. (Joseph J. Hasman and David F. Schmidt, of counsel), Lawrence X. Pusateri, and Peterson & Ross, L.L.C. (Anna M. Loftus, of counsel), Chicago, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Corboy & Demetrio, P.C., Chicago (Philip H. Corboy, Thomas A. Demetrio, Philip H. Corboy, Jr., and Francis Patrick Murphy, of counsel), for appellee and cross-appellant

Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Khalid J. Bajwa, as administrator of the estate of Muhammad Cheema, filed an action under the Wrongful Death Act (740 ILCS 180/1 et seq. (West 1998)), alleging that the negligent issuance of a life insurance policy by defendant, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Met Life), proximately caused the murder of Muhammad Cheema (decedent or A. Cheema) by the beneficiary of the policy. Met Life filed...

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