Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Fowler

OPINION AND ORDER

NEWBLATT, District Judge.

This action arises out of the death of Floyd M. Fowler, an employee of General Motors Corporation (“GM”), who was provided life insurance through an ERISA 1 welfare benefits plan administered by GM and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”). Following Floyd Fowler’s death, claims to the insurance proceeds were submitted to MetLife by Judy Ann Fowler individually, as decedent’s ex-wife; by Judy Ann Fowler on behalf of Florisa and Julie Fowler, minor children of the deceased; and by Timothy Fowler and Cindy McGoldrick, adult children of the…