Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Lucille L. Fugate
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1963No. 19063PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge.
Lucille L. Fugate sued Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York corporation, in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Florida, because of the refusal of the company to pay her, as beneficiary and absolute owner, the proceeds of a policy issued by Metropolitan on August 25, 1959, in the amount of $100,000.00 upon the life of her husband, Fred J. Fugate, who died on May 24, 1960, while the policy was in force. She also claimed judgment for interest and attorneys’ fees, recoverable under Florida law, in addition to the full face amount of the policy. The cause was removed…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hilton-GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Pence v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Florence N. Robbins and Theodore Robbins v. A. Harvey GouldCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Rhodes v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
- Rosa Lee Roosth v. Lincoln National Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- The Life Insurance Company of Virginia v. Leroy J. Shifflet, as De Bonis Non of the Estate of Florence i.shifflet, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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