Primerica Life Insurance Co. v. Suter

GRIMM, Judge.

This is an interpleader action involving a life insurance policy. The insurance policy named wife as primary beneficiary and wife’s father as contingent beneficiary.

Wife conspired to kill husband, the insured. A jury convicted her of first degree murder and the trial court sentenced her to life in prison. Prior to her conviction, however, wife waived her interest in the policy.

Wife’s father and husband’s estate each claimed the proceeds of the $200,000 policy. The trial court granted father’s summary judgment motion and awarded the proceeds to him.

The estate appeals, raising two…