Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Flinkstrom
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 17, 2004No. CIV.A.02-12309-JLTPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TAURO, District Judge.
This is an interpleader action filed by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) to determine the proper recip ient of the life insurance proceeds of Donald E. Flinkstrom (“Decedent”). The underlying dispute is- between Terri A. Hall (“Hall”), Decedent’s former .wife, and Darin Flinkstrom (“Darin”); one of Decedent’s four children, over the proper beneficiaries of Decedent’s life insurance policy. Hall claims that she is the proper beneficiary because she is listed as the primary beneficiary of the policy on a beneficiary designation form that Decedent…
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