Legal Opinion
Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America v. Finch
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 22, 2004No. 04-10212PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Chief Judge:
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America filed this interpleader action in order to determine who should receive the proceeds of a life insurance plan governed by ERISA. Eddie Lee Galaway, the administrator of the decedent’s estate, claimed that the estate should receive the proceeds because Kimberlye Finch, the named beneficiary and the decedent’s ex-wife, waived her rights to them when she and the decedent divorced. By order of the district court and with the consent of all parties, this case was transferred to a magistrate judge. Applying the federal common law of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Egelhoff v. Egelhoff Ex Rel. BreinerSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Mildred Johnson v. Lashanda Smith, Leonard Smith and Carolyn HallCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- Fox Valley & Vicinity Construction Workers Pension Fund v. Laurine Brown (Lamar), and Dessie Brown, and All UnknownCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Martinez v. Schlumberger, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Unicare Life & Health Insurance v. CraigCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
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