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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.