Strawbridge v. New York Life Insurance

OPINION

ACKERMAN, District Judge.

This diversity case involves a dispute over a life insurance policy. The plaintiff, James Strawbridge, is a field insurance underwriter employed by the defendant, New York Life Insurance Co. In the course of his employment, Mr. Strawbridge sold a New York Life Insurance Co. policy insuring the life of his father-in-law, John Henry Loch. At the time of Mr. Loch’s death, Mr. Strawbridge was named as the beneficiary of the life insurance policy on Mr. Loch’s life. New York Life refused Mr. Strawbridge’s claim as beneficiary for payment on the policy, principally…