Steamship Trade Ass'n International Longshoremen's Ass'n v. Bowman

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Senior Judge HAMILTON joined.

OPINION

LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Pamela Bowman appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to appellee Carolyn Boehmer in this interpleader action brought to determine the beneficiary of insurance proceeds paid upon the death of Dean Bowman, a participant in an employee benefit plan governed *183by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

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Dean Bowman, who died on October 5,…