Legal Opinion
Louis Vernon Thomas v. Sharon Lynn Ford Swanson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1989No. 88-2670PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Sharon Lynn Ford Swanson appeals the District Court’s 1 decision to grant one-half of the proceeds from her deceased son John’s Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance policy to John’s father, Louis Vernon Thomas. Swanson and Thomas were defendants in an interpleader suit brought by Prudential Insurance Company of America to determine the proper beneficiary of one-half of John Vernon Thomas’s life-insurance proceeds. Swanson seeks to disqualify Thomas as a beneficiary under 38 U.S.C. § 765(9), arguing that Thomas abandoned the child and willfully failed to support him during…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Todd v. NormanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Adkison v. AdkisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
- Hafley v. McCubbinsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1979
- Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. EllweinDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1977
- Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. BurnsDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1981
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Weber v. Prudential Ins. Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2000