United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit for denial of life insurance benefits, summary judgment for defendant-insurer is affirmed where the insured's death occurred during the commission of a felony, and an actual conviction for the felony was not a prerequisite for the policy's felony exclusion to apply.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/10/2007
• Decided 11/07/2007
• Published 11/07/2007

Judges

• SYKES, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, MANION, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bill T. Walker (argued), Granite City, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen R. Swofford (argued), Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.