WHIRLPOOL CORP. v. RITTER

No. 90-1998.

929 F.2d 1318 (1991)

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION and Aetna Life Insurance Co., Appellees, v. Darlene RITTER, Naomi Ritter, Jamie Ritter, Eric Ritter, and Joshua Ritter, Appellants, Diana Kay Shaw Ritter, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Blatt, Fort Smith, Ark., for appellants.

Ronald H. Lawson, Spiro, Okl., for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Darlene Ritter and her four children appeal the district court's determination that funds interpleaded by Whirlpool Corporation ("Whirlpool") and Aetna Life Insurance Company ("Aetna") should be paid to Diana Ritter. For the reasons detailed below, we reverse the district court's decision and remand for further proceedings.

I. BACKGROUND

James and Darlene Ritter were married on April 2, 1972, and lived in Leflore...

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