Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Hall

MEMORANDUM

DAVIS, District Judge.

This is an interpleader action brought by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) to avoid multiple liability under the life insurance policy issued to decedent Jacqueline Miller (“Miller”). Defendants Keith E. Hall and Robert T. Griner, Miller’s widower and former spouse, respectively, claim to be the rightful beneficiary under the policy. Defendant Edward M. Dell (“Dell”) is Miller’s father and the contingent beneficiary of the policy. The Court has jurisdiction by virtue of minimum diversity of citizenship, as well as complete diversity, between and…