NRA refuses to pay death benefit to Minnesota widow
SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota widow is taking the National Rifle Association to court over its denial of her husband's death benefit.
SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota widow is taking the National Rifle Association to court over its denial of her husband's death benefit.
John Balk bought a life insurance policy from the NRA 10 months before he died in a tractor rollover accident on his Scott County farm in 2010.
The NRA refused to pay the $150,000 death benefit to his widow, Annalee Balk. It said the policy excluded benefits for a death that resulted from operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Annalee Balk argues her late husband's John Deere tractor doesn't fall with the state's definition of a motor vehicle.
A medical examiner's report says "acute ethanol intoxication" contributed to John Balk's death at his farm east of Belle Plaine.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press (http://bit.ly/NKLVzi ) says the case has been transferred from Scott County to federal court.
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Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press, http://www.twincities.com
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
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