Legal Opinion
Maisonet Perez v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided March 29, 1993No. Civ. 92-2065PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FUSTE, District Judge.
Plaintiff complains that defendant insurance company wrongfully awarded the proceeds of her deceased son’s $500,000 term life insurance policy to the previous sole beneficiary, her son’s ex-wife. Plaintiff alleges that the insured had amended the policy before his death to award 40% of the policy to plaintiff and the remaining 60% in equal portions to decedent’s three children. Defendant contends that decedent never completed the endorsement process to substitute his mother and children as beneficiaries, and argues that the company’s awarding of the…
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