Dorothy Eagle v. Louisiana and Southern Life Insurance Company, a Corporation, and Multiple Business Insurance Trust

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

In this removed action with jurisdiction dependent on diversity, plaintiff-appellee sued to recover on a group life insurance policy for the death of her husband. The trial court granted summary judgment in her favor and defendants have appealed.

Defendant-appellant Multiple Business Insurance Trust is an Alabama trust which provides group life insurance to employees of participating employers. Defendant-appellant Louisiana and Southern Life Insurance Company, a Louisiana company authorized to do business in New Mexico, issued to Trust a policy to provide group…