United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 04-2063
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Tammy Hutson, *
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Appellant, * Appeal from the United States
* District Court for the Western
v. * District of Missouri.
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Protective Life Insurance Company, * [UNPUBLISHED]
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Appellee. *
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Submitted: January 12, 2005
Filed: January 18, 2005
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Before WOLLMAN, McMILLIAN, and FAGG, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Tammy Hutson appeals the district court's* adverse grant of summary judgment
in her action seeking recovery of the proceeds from a life insurance policy issued by
Protective Life Insurance Company that named her as beneficiary and expired before
the insured's death. The district court rejected Hutson's state-law claims for negligent
misrepresentation and breach of contract. Because this is a diversity case, we review
de novo questions of state law. Having considered the record and the parties'
arguments, we are satisfied the district court correctly applied the controlling state
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The Honorable Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr., United States District Judge for the
Western District of Missouri.
law and properly resolved the issues. Because a comprehensive opinion would have
no precedential value in a diversity case that is factually unique to these parties, we
affirm on the basis of the district court's ruling without further discussion. See 8th
Cir. R. 47B.
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