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"MORGANTOWN - The estate of Lewis County man has filed a suit against the man's life insurance company.<br /><br />Renate Stapleton filed a suit Feb. 5 in Monongalia Circuit Court on behalf of her late husband Jeffrey S. Stapleton against CIGNA Life Insurance Company. Jeffrey Stapleton, an employee of Halliburton, died in an ATV accident. <br /><br />The life insurance company had a life insurance/accidental death policy purchased by Stapleton. At the time of Stapleton's death, the policy had provided coverage that required CIGNA to pay at least $34,000 as long as the cause of death is not excluded in the policy. <br /><br />CIGNA paid the $34,000 under the life insurance policy, but the suit says the company has refused to pay the $34,000 under the accidental death provision based on the fact that it states the accident is excluded under the terms of the policy. <br /><br />\"There is no exclusion listed in said policy which justifies the denial of accidental death benefits to the plaintiff,\" the suit says.<br /><br />The family of Stapleton -- which includes his daughters Chelsea, Tawni and Cora Stapleton -- seek a declaratory judgment declaring the policies provide coverage for the claim, including all costs and expenses. <br /><br />The Stapletons are being represented by J. Bryan Edwards. <br /><br />Randolph Circuit Court case number 07-C-73</i>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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