A former attorney for Heath Ledger is suing over a $10 million life insurance policy he claims has gone unpaid since the actor's death earlier this year.
Attorney John S. LaViolette sued Minnesota-based ReliaStar Life Insurance Co. in July, claiming the company is trying to avoid paying the claim to Ledger's 2-year-old daughter, Matilda Rose.
ReliaStar states in its legal response that it is seeking more information about whether Ledger may have lied on paperwork and about whether his death may have been a suicide.
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About 400 firefighters and five helicopters are battling an eight-square-mile wildfire, near the Utah border.
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NATO force in Afghanistan killed al-Qaida's second-highest leader in the country in an airstrike.
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