Barden v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

HEDRICK, Judge.

Since there exists no genuine issue as to any material fact, the one question presented by this appeal is whether the plaintiff was entitled to a summary judgment as a matter of law. Defendant argues that she is entitled to the insurance proceeds as a matter of law by virtue of 5 U.S.C. § 8705(a), which, in pertinent part, provides:

The amount of group life insurance and group accidental death insurance in force on an employee at the date of his death shall be paid, on the establishment of a valid claim, to the person or persons surviving at the date of his death, in the…