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COLASANTO v. LIFE INS. CO. OF NORTH AMERICA

No. 96-1152.

100 F.3d 203 (1996)

Valentino T. COLASANTO, Trustee of the Robert M. Colasanto Revocable Trust, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, Defendant, Appellee, v. Stephen A. FARLEY, Third-Party Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 15, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine A. Merolla, with whom Amedeo C. Merolla and Pucci, Goldin & Merolla, Providence, RI, were on brief, for appellant.

William B. VanLonkhuyzen, with whom Norman S. Zalkind and Zalkind, Rodriguez, Lunt & Duncan, Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellee Stephen A. Farley.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOYLE, Senior District Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal summons our review of a jury verdict that awarded certain life insurance proceeds to the decedent's quondam companion rather than to a family trust. Upon close perscrutation of the record, the parties' briefs, and the applicable law, we discern no error.

I. BACKGROUND

We start with a neutral account of the facts that were before the jury. The decedent, Robert M. Colasanto, made his mark as a successful business executive...

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