Legal Opinion
New York Life Insurance v. Deshotel
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1998No. 96-31260, 96-31269PublishedCited by 195 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
In these consolidated appeals, Appellant June G. Smith, 1 whose claim to be the sole beneficiary of her husband’s life insurance policies was rejected in previous litigation, seeks to have us reverse (1) the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana enjoining Smith from prosecuting two delictual civil actions against New York Life based on the alleged negligence of New York Life in mishandling and not recording a form naming Smith beneficiary of the life insurance policies, originally filed in state court and later removed to the…
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