AMERICAN ECONOMY INS. CO. v. JACKSON

No. 06-2728.

476 F.3d 620 (2007)

AMERICAN ECONOMY INSURANCE COMPANY, a Indiana Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Valerie JACKSON, daughter of decedent Freddie Mae Burns, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail Gaus Renshaw, argued, Wood River, IL, for appellant.

James F. Best, argued, Chicago, IL, for appellee.

Before MURPHY and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and READE, District Judge.


READE, District Judge.

Valerie Jackson appeals the district court's2 adverse grant of summary judgment. We affirm.

I.

A heat wave struck Missouri in April of 2001. On April 9, 2001, Freddie Mae Burns died as a result of excessive heat while she was a patient at Leland Health Care Center ("Leland"), in University City, Missouri. Leland is a 128-bed, skilled nursing facility, which provides professional care and treatment...

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