METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. CARR

Civ. A. No. CA3-87-2624-D.

690 F.Supp. 569 (1988)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Raymond L. CARR and Mattie F. Bennett, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division.

August 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Nelson and Michaela E. Conway of Johnson, Bromberg & Leeds, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff.

Gabriel Hernandez Robles, Dallas, Tex., for defendant Mattie F. Bennett.

Martha R. Kulmacz of Keel and Kulmacz, Oklahoma City, Okl., and David Fenton Williams, Dallas, Tex., for defendant Raymond L. Carr.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

FITZWATER, District Judge.

This civil action requires the court to interpret the term "parent" in 5 U.S.C. § 8705(a).

I.

At the time of his death, Carl D. Curlee ("decedent") was an employee of the U.S. Postal Service and an insured of plaintiff, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("Metropolitan"). Decedent died intestate, unmarried, and without children. He...

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