Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Hawkins
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided May 1, 1997No. Civil Action 96-2109PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
BERRIGAN, District Judge.
This suit was brought by Metropolitan Life Insurance (referred to herein as “MetLife”) and by the Tutor of Jason Miles Hawkins and Jerry Marie Hawkins, concerning the regulation of group life insurance provided to federal employees pursuant to the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act (“FEGLIA”), 5 U.S.C. §§ 8701-16, to determine how the proceeds from a FEGLIA policy will be distributed in the event of the simultaneous deaths of the insured and the beneficiary. On January 2, 1997, trial in this matter before the Court without a jury was…
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- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Edward Manning, and Thomas Gaines, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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