Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Beard

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ___________________________________ ) Metropolitan Life Insurance ) Company, ) Plaintiff, ) ) Civil Action v. ) No. 16-11782-PBS ) Eric A. Beard, ) Defendant. ) ___________________________________) FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER February 7, 2019 Saris, C.J. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) brings this action against pro se Defendant Eric A. Beard (“Eric Beard”)1 to recover benefits mistakenly paid to him as the son and sole beneficiary of decedent Paul K. Beard, who maintained life…