Legal Opinion
Coomer v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 2, 1973No. 72-1759PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
On this appeal we must decide whether a deceased serviceman validly designated his father as beneficiary of his Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance policy within the terms of 38 U.S.C. § 769(a). The district court held that because there was no written beneficiary designation existing in the deceased’s personnel file at the time of his death no designation occurred and therefore the proceeds of the policy should be paid to the deceased’s widow by virtue of the statutory priorities set forth in 38 U.S.C. § 770(a). We reverse the holding and enter judgment in favor…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Farley v. Prudential Insurance CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1972
- Nellie Mae Stribling v. United States of America, the Prudential Insurance Company of America and Georgia Mae StriblingCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- Mitchell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- Breckline v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Robert C. Sears and Lavonne Stern v. Karen AustinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by14 opinions
- The Prudential Insurance Company of America v. James A. Parker, and Marjorie L. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Ridgway v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- The Prudential Insurance Company of America v. Anne Marie Smith v. Irene M. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Santmyer v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1991
- Prudential Insurance Company v. Lori Perez v. Carlos PerezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
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