McDuffie v. Ætna Life Insurance

LEVIN, District Judge.

The defendant insurance company issued a group policy of insurance to the Chrysler Corporation, the employer of the insured, Jeffery McDuffie, and he was issued a certificate under the policy in which his wife, Marion McDuffie, was named as the beneficiary.

Jeffery McDuffie died on July 31, 1954 as the result of a stab wound inflicted on him by his wife, the designated beneficiary, who was charged by the People •of the State of Michigan with murder in the second degree. The charge was later reduced to manslaughter. She pleaded self-defense and upon trial before a jury in…