PRUDENTIAL INS. CO. OF AMERICA v. DULEK

No. 81-1031.

665 F.2d 217 (1981)

PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a corporation, v. Robert James DULEK and Betty Lou Dulek, Appellants, Bonnie Lynn Dulek, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Guilfoyle, Guilfoyle, Fogarty & Lund, Omaha, Neb., for appellants.

Mark S. Bertolini, Law Offices of D. L. Pelton, Bellevue, Neb., for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

In this interpleader action,1 the parents and the former wife of the decedent, Terrence Alan Dulek, claim the proceeds of his Servicemen's Group Life Insurance Policy. The decedent had directed distribution of the policy proceeds "by law." The district court ruled in favor of the former wife. On this appeal by the parents, we reverse.

In granting summary judgment...

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