Bimestefer v. Bimestefer

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the prohibition against assignment in a group insurance policy prevented the insured from giving beyond recall the right to receive the insurance proceeds at his death.

The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company issued its master group life, accident and health insurance policy to the Bethlehem Steel Company so as to insure the lives of certain of the latter’s employees. John Bimestefer, Jr., a widower, became insured in the amount of $15,000, naming his son and only child, Lawrence William Bimestefer, the appellee, as sole beneficiary. He was given…