Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Sullivan
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 5, 1995No. 9:94-cv-04196PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPATT, District Judge:
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) has commenced this action under the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act, (“FEGLIA”) as amended, 5 U.S.C. §§ 8701-8716 (1988), seeking a court order directing MetLife to pay life insurance benefits which accrued under the life insurance policy of John M. Sullivan’s (“the Insured”) to the Insured’s children, the defendants Jeanne M. Tundís (formerly Sullivan) (“Jeanne”), Kathleen A Sullivan (“Kathleen”), and Michael J. Sullivan (“Michael”). The Insured’s children were designated beneficiaries of the MetLife policy by…
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- Union Labor Life Insurance v. PirenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by3 opinions
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