Hailey v. Waller

PETER J. MESSITTE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Barbara Miller was an employee of the Environmental Protection Agency who had a Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Policy (the "FEGLI Policy") issued by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) valued at approximately $ 153,500. The originally named beneficiary of the policy was Vanessa Waller, Miller's daughter. ECF No. 15-2; ECF No. 1 at ¶¶ 6, 10.

In late October 2013, roughly three years before her death in July 2016, Miller suffered a brain hemorrhage, which caused some cognitive impairment. ECF No. 15 at 1, 4. Even so, on August 27,…