Empire General Life Insurance v. Silverman

This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals, 1 affirming the judgment of the Milwaukee county circuit court, Judge Robert W. Landry, which declared that Doucas Oldsmobile-Renault was the beneficiary of an insurance policy issued by Empire General Life Insurance Company on the life of Paul Doucas. In this appeal, we are called upon for the first time to construe sec. 632.48(l)(b), Stats., which governs beneficiary changes in life insurance policies. 2 Specifically, the issue before the court is whether Paul Doucas (Paul) made an effective beneficiary change under sec. 632.48(1) (b)…