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131086P.pdf 02/27/2014 Kip Kaler v. Susan Bala
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 13-1086
Appeal from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit
[PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Kelly, Circuit
Judge]
Civil case - Bankruptcy. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel judgment holding the
bankruptcy estate of Bala's former employer was entitled to the
liquidation proceeds of a cash-value life insurance policy the employer
had purchased for her is reversed; the terms of the agreement between Bala
and the employer granted the employer only the limited right to receive a
repayment of the policy premiums from the cash value upon surrender of the
policy, and since Bala never surrendered the policy, the estate did not
possess a right to control the policy or receive its liquidation proceeds.
Chief Judge Riley, concurring in the judgment.