Legal Opinion
Diep v. Rivas
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 14, 2000No. 64, Sept. Term, 1999PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RODOWSKY, Judge.
This interpleader action involves $150,000 in life insurance benefits payable as a result of the murder of a wife by her husband who then committed suicide. At issue is the ultimate recipient of the proceeds. After interpreting the insurance contract to provide for payment to relatives of the husband as contingent beneficiaries, the Court of Special Appeals, in Diep v. Rivas, 126 Md.App. 133, 727 A.2d 448 (1999), then applied the slayer’s rule to disqualify the contingent beneficiaries from receiving payment and awarded the proceeds to the wife’s father. For the reasons set…
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