Ernst v. North American Co. for Life & Health Insurance

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

THOMAS D. SCHROEDER, District Judge.

This action arises out of a dispute over entitlement to the proceeds of an annuity administered by Defendant North American Company for Life and Health Insurance (“NAC”). Plaintiff Benjamin Ernst contends that NAC improperly paid the proceeds to his aunt, cross-claim Defendant Donna A. Jackson, and brings this action as the putative beneficiary. Faced now with conflicting claims of entitlement, NAC seeks to recover the annuity proceeds from the aunt, deposit them with the court, and leave it to Ernst and the aunt to litigate the…