Continental Casualty Co. v. Barbara F. Adamo

Barry S. Slakman, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Barbara F. Adamo, Sherwin Glass, and Continental Casualty Co. in Continental’s interpleader action. The district court found that Slak-man was prohibited from recovering life insurance benefits under section 33-25-13 of the Code of Georgia, because he was convicted of murdering his wife, the insured. Slakman, however, asserts that section 33-25-13 does not prohibit recovery until his conviction becomes “final” under state law. As this case turns on an important question of state law for…