Legal Opinion
WILLIAM PENN LIFE INS. CO. OF NEW YORK v. Viscuso
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 30, 2008No. 08 Civ. 1141 (WCC)PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM C. CONNER, Senior District Judge:
Plaintiff William Penn Life Insurance Company of New York (“William Penn”) brings this interpleader action to resolve competing claims to the proceeds of a life insurance policy. When issued, the policy named defendant Kimbal Viscuso as beneficiary. Defendants Charles M. Birns and Beth S. Martin-Birns (the “Birns defendants”) claim that the insured’s attorney-in-fact changed the beneficiary from Viscu-so to them prior to the death of the insured. Viscuso argues that this purported change was ineffective and that she remains the…
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