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MESSIER v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 87-392.

578 A.2d 98 (1990)

James MESSIER and Sylvia Messier v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. and Cheryl Coutts.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

June 1, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valsangiacomo, Detora, McQuesten, Rose and Grearson, Barre, for plaintiffs-appellees.

A. Gregory Rainville of Northern Trial Associates and Michael Rose (on the brief), St. Albans, for defendant-appellant Cheryl Coutts.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and PECK, GIBSON, DOOLEY and MORSE, JJ.

DOOLEY, Justice.

Plaintiffs James and Sylvia Messier sued the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Cheryl Coutts to establish their rights as beneficiaries under a life insurance policy in the name of their deceased son, Michael. Cheryl Coutts (defendant), who had been engaged to be married to the insured, claimed that he made her the beneficiary before his death. The insurance company brought counter- and cross-claims...

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