Legal Opinion
Lincoln National Life Insurance v. Barton
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided June 26, 2008No. 08-CV-0087-MJRPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
REAGAN, District Judge.
I. Factual and Procedural Background
On February 5, 2008, Plaintiff, Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln”), filed suit against Defendants, Bobby Barton (“Barton”), JoAnn Gant (“Gant”) and Gregory Lowry (“Lowry”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1335 and 1397 and 29 U.S.C. § 1132. This action arises from a dispute over who is entitled to the life insurance proceeds of Ronald Lowry, a former employee of Sunrise Auto World. Asserting colorable claims to the life insurance proceeds are Ronald’s daughter (Barton), Ronald’s ex-wife (Gant) and Ronald’s…
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