Life Insurance Co. of North America v. Wollett

OPINION

This proceeding is before this court pursuant to the certification procedure set forth in NRAP 5. This case presents two issues certified to us by the United States District Court, District of Nevada, the Honorable Bruce R. Thompson, presiding. The United States District Court phrased the two issues as follows:

1. Whether a person who has willfully, unlawfully and intentionally taken the life of an insured person may, under the laws of the State of Nevada, receive the proceeds of insurance on the life of decedent.

2. Whether the provisions of NRS 688A.420 constitute the exclusive basis…