Legal Opinion
Messinger v. New York Life Insurance
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided July 27, 1978No. 2256-3PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreen, J.
Donald Schacht, as guardian ad litem for Gary and Donald Messinger, appeals from a trial court order denying his motion for summary judgment and dismissing the complaint against New York Life Insurance Company for additional interest on the proceeds of an insurance policy covering the life of his wards' mother, Pamela.
The appeal presents the following questions for our review: (1) Did New York Life have a duty to interplead the beneficiaries of the insurance policy? and (2) If New York Life did have a duty to interplead, when did that duty arise? Our answers to these questions determine…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. MessingerCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1973
- Zylphia L. Powers v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Kenneth N. PowersCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. DoranDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1956
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States v. MillerDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1964
- United States Ex Rel. E. J. Bartells Co. v. Hoffman Construction Co.District Court, E.D. Washington · 1958
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Benefit Trust Life Insurance Company v. Union National Bank Of PittsburghCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Bauer v. Uniroyal Tire Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Benefit Trust Life Insurance v. Union National Bank of PittsburghCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Roland E. Bauer, D/B/A City Tire Service, a Proprietorship v. Uniroyal Tire Company, a Division of Uniroyal, Inc., a Foreign Corporation and John Patterson, and Tires, Inc., a South Dakota Corporation, Roland E. Bauer, D/B/A City Tire Service, a Proprietorship, Uniroyal Tire Company, a Division of Uniroyal, Inc., a Foreign Corporation and John Patterson v. Tires, Inc., a South Dakota CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980