Prudential Insurance v. Clark

By Judge John J. McGrath, Jr.

David Norton Siver departed this life on April 20, 1998. His death has now become a cottage industry of litigation. Three federal lawsuits were filed in the Western District of Virginia on behalf of three relatives of Mr. Siver alleging a mishandling of his body, two lawsuits were filed in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond making the same allegations, and one lawsuit was also filed in this Court making identical allegations.

However, a second major litigation front was opened when it was discovered that Mr. Siver died leaving a group life insurance policy…