Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Williams
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided December 30, 1999No. 98-196-CIV-J-HTSPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER 1
SNYDER, United States Magistrate Judge.
STATUS
This action is before the Court on a Complaint for Interpleader (Doc. # 1; Complaint), filed by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Metlife). The basis .of the action is a dispute between two claimants for the proceeds of a life insurance policy issued by Metlife. The two claimants are the deceased’s former wife, Virginia Williams (Ms. Williams), and a friend of the deceased, Janice “Cookie” Philman (Ms. Philman).
Metlife filed its Complaint invoking federal jurisdiction because this concerns an Employee Retirement Income…
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