Legal Opinion
Beatrice Hinds Carland v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1991No. 90-3014PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company appeals a grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff-ap-pellee Beatrice Carland in an action for wrongful denial of insurance proceeds. On appeal, Metropolitan Life argues the district court erred by finding: (1) the determination of beneficiaries under a life insurance policy is subject to de novo review, (2) the divorce decree intended Beatrice Car-land to be the irrevocable and sole primary beneficiary of the entire proceeds of the group policy, and (3) payment of life insurance benefits according to the…
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