Legal Opinion
Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance v. Leach
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 8, 1989No. Civ. A. No. 88-2358Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
GESELL, District Judge.
This is an interpleader action initiated by Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company (“MML”) which comes before the Court on fully documented cross-motions for summary judgment filed by the defendants, who are conflicting claimants to the policy proceeds now on deposit in the Registry of the Court. The controversy has been fully briefed and argued.
Robert L. Leach II and Deborah Leach were married in 1967, and in 1979 they purchased a home in Kenwood, Maryland. In 1983 MML issued them a joint Group Mortgage Life insurance policy obligating MML to pay the balance…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Novern v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1969
- Waters v. KoppCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1910
- Zachary v. Security Life and Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1969
- Williams v. SistareConnecticut Superior Court · 1980