Phillips v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION PARIS PHILLIPS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 1:20-cv-937 SUN LIFE ASSURANCE JUDGE DOUGLAS R. COLE COMPANY OF CANADA, Defendant. OPINION AND ORDER Paris Phillips and his sister, M.A., are the only named beneficiaries of their late mother’s life insurance policy. The insurer, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, instead paid the policy proceeds to the siblings’ grandmother, Adlen Silas, who later died. The siblings now sue Sun Life seeking the money they claim they were (and are) owed under the policy. But Sun Life…