Legal Opinion
Principal Life Insurance Co. v. Summit Well Service, Inc.
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided November 22, 2002No. 01-183, 01-184PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KITE, Justice.
[¶ 1] Upon the death of its insured, Robert Allen, Principal Life Insurance Company (Principal) delivered the proceeds under Mr. Allen’s life insurance policy to his business associates, Brent Nelson and Byron Woodard. Ann Allen, Mr. Allen’s widow, claims the delivery to Mr. Nelson and Mr. Woodard was improper and the insurance policy proceeds should have been paid to her. She contends Summit Well Service, Inc., a Utah corporation owned solely by her late husband, was the named beneficiary under the policy and she, as the only authorized representative of the corporation after…
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