Castro Convertible Corporation v. Julie Ann Castro

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Castro Convertible Corporation employed Bernard Castro. Bernard was insured under a group life policy offered to its employees by Castro Convertible and issued by Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company. Julie Ann Castro, the wife of Bernard, 1 and defendant-appellee, was the primary beneficiary of the life insurance proceeds. The Castros’ infant daughters, Kimberly Ann and Deena Theresa, were the contingent beneficiaries. Julie Ann shot and killed Bernard. Because of its uncertainty whether Julie Ann had murdered her husband (in which event the proceeds of the…