Kercher v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

RUSSELL E. SMITH, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, the father and mother of Kris A. Kercher, were the beneficiaries of a Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance Policy issued on the life of Kris A. Kercher, a sailor in the United States Navy. Under the insurance scheme provided by 38 U.S.C.A. § 765 et seq., the Administrator of Veterans Affairs is the policyholder. It causes the premiums for the insurance to be deducted from the serviceman’s pay and remits to the insurer, in this case The Prudential Insurance Company of America. The Group Policy provides in Section 12:

“For the purposes of…