Rowland v. Faulkenbury

James R. Cooper, Judge.

The decedent in this life insurance case, Joyce Blankenship, was murdered on November 20, 1990. At the time of her death she had in force a policy issued by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company which designated James Guss, her son, as beneficiary of 75 percent of the proceeds, and the appellee, Charles Faulkenbury, as beneficiary of 25 percent of the proceeds. Mr. Guss assigned a portion of his expected proceeds from the policy to Callison-Lough Funeral Service. In September 1991, Mr. Guss was convicted of murdering the insured, and was therefore disqualified from…