Rudolph v. Public Service Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BABCOCK, District Judge.

Defendant Lenore M. Butcher moves for summary judgment and seeks an order requiring Great West Life Insurance Company (Great West) to pay her the life insurance benefits under her deceased husband’s policy. The plaintiffs Patricia Renee Rudolph, Mike Butcher, and Mary Butcher, by and through her mother and next friend, Dorothy Butcher (collectively the children) filed a cross motion for summary judgment. These motions are now adequately briefed and argument was heard on March 11,1994. Jurisdiction exists pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 1132(e)(1),…