Legal Opinion
Addison v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided March 30, 1998No. CIV. A. 97-0019-BPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GLEN M. WILLIAMS, Senior District Judge.
The controversy presented by this case is of tragic proportions, and thankfully, not one commonly found in the jurisprudence of this district. As set forth in greater detail in this court’s November 13, 1997, memorandum opinion, the genesis of this litigation was the murder óf Janet Lee Addison on August 15, 1995, by her husband Gregory Stott Addison, Sr. At the time of her death, Janet Lee Addison had a life insurance policy with Defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance' Company (“MetLife”) naming Gregory Scott Addison, Sr. the sole…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- New York Mutual Life Insurance v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Burns v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
- United States v. KwasniewskiDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1950
- United States v. BurnsDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1952
- Clarice Kidd Shoemaker v. Euless Shoemaker, Administrator of the Estate of Euless Paul Shoemaker Mrs. Minnie Shoemaker, and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1959
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