CANTU v. JACKSON NAT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 08-40351.

579 F.3d 434 (2009)

Alejandra Gomez CANTU, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Michigan Corporation Doing Business in California; Romeo Cuellar, an Individual; Jesse Gutierrez, Jr., an Individual, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 12, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian Herzog (argued) and Evan Dashell Marshall, Santa Monica, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Richard A. Illmer (argued) and Chad A. Johnson, Brown McCarroll, Dallas, TX, for Jackson Nat. Life Ins. Co.

Kevin Frank Risley (argued) and George Howard Arnold, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Cuellar.

Kerri K. Fields, Law Office of Kerri K. Fields, Bastrop, TX, for Gutierrez.

Before SMITH, GARZA and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

In a suit brought by Alejandra Cantu seeking proceeds from an insurance policy, the district court entered summary judgment for the defendants. We affirm.

I.

Jose Martinez, a citizen and resident of Mexico, sought to purchase life insurance. He was approached by Jesse Gutierrez, who worked for Romeo Cuellar, who in turn was an agent for Jackson National Life Insurance Company ("JNL"). Martinez eventually submitted applications...

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