Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Pearson
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided March 14, 1994No. 2:92-cv-76916PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FEIKENS, District Judge.
This is an interpleader action filed by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife). MetLife is the claim administrator for the General Motors Corporation Life and Disability Plan. On June 15,1992 a plan participant, Samuel L. Pearson, Jr., (Samuel) died. MetLife received, two claims for his life insurance .proceeds, one from Sylvia Pearson (Sylvia), Samuel’s ex-wife, and one from Charlene Pearson (Charlene), Samuel’s wife at the time of his death.
Under the terms of the plan, Samuel was entitled to designate a beneficiary for his life insurance…
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