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Funeral Financial Systems, Ltd. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

Case Date: 06/29/2001
Court: 1st District Appellate
Docket No: 1-99-1984 Rel

SIXTH DIVISION
June 29, 2001




No. 1-99-1984





FUNERAL FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, LTD.,

          Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,

          Defendant-Appellee.

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Circuit Court of
Cook County.

No. 98 M 20077

The Honorable
Nancy J. Arnold,
Presiding Judge.



JUSTICE BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises out of the assignment of proceeds payableunder a federal employees' group life insurance policy issued bydefendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) to theUnited States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to theFederal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act (FEGLIA) (5 U.S.C.