Legal Opinion
Jaysen McCleary v. Reliastar Life Insurance Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 29, 2012No. 11-3169PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal hinges on whether Jaysen McCleary, as the administrator of his mother’s estate, or ReliaStar Life Insurance Company (ReliaStar), owns claims that McCleary alleged against ReliaStar. The district court 2 granted summary judgment in favor of ReliaStar. We affirm.
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Sandra Ernas owned a $100,000.00 life insurance policy issued by ReliaStar. The policy named her estate as the beneficiary. When Ernas died intestate on November 18, 2006, she left her son, McCleary, as her only heir. The Polk County District Court appointed McCleary as administrator 3 of his mother’s…
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