[sinkspur]

To what extent does his death protect his estate and family from lawsuits? Is this a possible motive?

It doesn't. His estate can be sued.

OTOH, life insurance settlements are usually lawsuit-proof.

So, if he loved his family as much as those who knew him said he did, he must have hit bottom mentally to have deprived them of the only financial lifeline they had.

[sinkspur]

I want to qualify my last post.

I believe that life insurance is immune to SOME lawsuits, but not others, such as those over inheritance.

[Lessismore]

OTOH, life insurance settlements are usually lawsuit-proof.

In that case his revolver should have accidentally discharged while he was cleaning it.

It would seem that the widow would have an interest in having this investigated if he had an insurance policy.

[afraidfortherepublic]

...deprived them of the only financial lifeline they had.

Didn't the article say that he had sold $32 million in Enron stock in the last few years? That seems like a pretty big lifeline to me.

[Dave S]

OTOH, life insurance settlements are usually lawsuit-proof.

Yes but is life insurance paid out for suicides?