Prudential Insurance Company of America The v. Barker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA HAMMOND DIVISION AT LAFAYETTE THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE ) COMPANY OF AMERICA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 4:18 CV 76 ) JULIE ANN BARKER, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) OPINION and ORDER This matter is before the court on plaintiff’s motions for default judgment and interpleader relief. (DE ## 41, 42.) For the reasons that follow, the motions will be granted. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, The Prudential Insurance Company of America (“Prudential”), filed an interpleader complaint (DE # 1) in this case to resolve the competing claims of defendants…