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11th Circuit: ‘Suicide’ includes ‘by cop’

ATLANTA — Ruling that the ordinary meaning of “suicide” includes “suicide by cop,” the 11th Circuit overturned a lower court’s ruling in favor of life insurance beneficiaries seeking payments after the insured man provoked police officers into shooting and killing him.

Read the ruling here.

Categories / Appeals, Briefs, Law, Personal Injury

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