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From: migod@csri.toronto.edu (Mike Godfrey)
Subject: Re: suicides
Message-ID: <8901241831.AA06838@carlton.csri.toronto.edu>
Keywords: Presumption of Innocence & "Criminals"
Organization: University of Toronto, CSRI
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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 89 13:31:31 EST

In some article, wagner@gpu.utcs.UUCP (Michael Wagner) writes:
>I think suicides are often refered to as alleged suicides, since the
>determination of suicide or not is a legal matter, having great influence
>on things like life insurance benefits.

Not to contradict, but rather to add fuel to the fire...

My best friend from high school (whose father owns his own insurance company)
told me that many insurance companies *will* pay up in the event of a suicide, 
provided that it occurs a "suitable" length of time after the original 
purchase of the policy (two or three years).  

Obviously there is a belief is that few people would plan to kill themselves 
two years in advance.

-- 

Mike Godfrey				
Department of Computer Science	         "I am not a free man...
University of Toronto			  but I'm reasonable!" #6.
migod@csri.toronto.edu