METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. McSHAN

No. C-82-6890 RFP.

577 F.Supp. 165 (1983)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. James E. McSHAN, et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, Esther M. McShan, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

September 13, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Kilmartin, Knight, Boland & Riordan, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

Richard P. Cotta, San Jose, Cal., for defendants and third-party plaintiffs James E. McShan, et al.

Robert G. Bereman, Visalia, Cal., for third-party defendant Esther M. McShan.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PECKHAM, Chief Judge.

In 1954, plaintiff Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("Metropolitan") issued a group life insurance policy pursuant to the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 ("FEGLIA"). Ellis McShan, an eligible federal employee, became insured under this policy.

On October 8, 1970, Ellis McShan executed a form entitled "Designation of Beneficiary" (Stipulation, Exhibit C) in which he named his four children...

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