ROLLINS v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 89-2698.

912 F.2d 911 (1990)

Donald R. ROLLINS, Douglas R. Rollins and Misty D. Rollins, infants, by next friend, Kellen S. ROLLINS, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and Nancy J. Rollins, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 4, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary M. Runnells, Robert C. Price, Price & Runnells, Bloomington, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

David W. Sullivan, Cox, Zwerner, Gambill & Sullivan, Terre Haute, Ind., Richard S. Harrison, Cotner, Andrews, Mann & Chapman, Bloomington, Ind., James L. Crawford, Effner, Wagner & Crawford, Terre Haute, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, CUDAHY, Circuit Judge, and WILL, Senior District Judge.


BAUER, Chief Judge.

This case, concerning the imposition of a constructive trust on federal life insurance benefits, comes before us now for the second time. At the time of his death, Donald Rollins held a $100,000 life insurance policy under the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Act (FEGLIA). Rollins, however, had failed to name a beneficiary on his policy. Under the plain terms of FEGLIA, Rollins' second wife, Nancy, became the beneficiary in the absence of...

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