Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. Sampson

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada filed this interpleader action in August 2006, in order to resolve the allocation to beneficiaries of a $48,000 life insurance policy on Dianne Sampson, who died on December 26, 2005. See 28 U.S.C. § 1335; Fed.R.CivJP. 22.

Dianne Sampson initially signed a policy enrollment form designating her husband, Francis, as the primary beneficiary, but eleven days later executed a new form designating her husband and her three children, Gretchen, James, and Jeffrey, as primary beneficiaries. This change created uncertainty as to whether the number…