Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Insurance v. McShan
District Court, N.D. California
Decided September 13, 1983No. C-82-6890 RFPPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PECKHAM, Chief Judge.
In 1954, plaintiff Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“Metropolitan”) issued a group life insurance policy pursuant to the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 (“FEGLIA”). Ellis McShan, an eligible federal employee, became insured under this policy.
On October 8, 1970, Ellis McShan executed a form entitled “Designation of Beneficiary” (Stipulation, Exhibit C) in which he named his four children (defendants and third-party plaintiffs herein) as beneficiaries in equal shares.
In February, 1971, an Interlocutory Judgment was entered in a…
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