Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Zaldivar
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 27, 2005No. 04-2469PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Senior Circuit Judge.
The sole issue before us on appeal is whether the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Act (FEGLIA), 5 U.S.C. §§ 8701-8716, preempts a state law claim for the imposition of a constructive trust upon the proceeds of a federal group life insurance policy. We hold that it does.
The facts are not in dispute. Decedent Albert Zaldivar was an employee of the United States Postal Service. A state divorce decree from his first marriage (originally entered in New York and subsequently ratified in New Hampshire) directed decedent to name his three children, Appellants…
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- Prudential Insurance Company v. Curtis R. Hinkel, Appellant/cross-Appellee, Anna Hinkel, a Minor, Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Margaret Christ, Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem for Kelly Christ, Jeffrey Christ, and Anthony Christ, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Melba Christ, and Margaret Christ, Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem for Kelly Christ, Jeffrey Christ, and Anthony ChristCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Seaco Insurance Co. v. Davis-IrishCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
- Paula Raye Brewer v. Carol Elizabeth Zawrotny, Personal Representative of the Estate of Carrol Clint Ballard, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
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