CHAVEZ v. AMERICAN LIFE AND CAS. INS. CO.

No. 21040.

872 P.2d 366 (1994)

117 N.M. 393

Roberta J. CHAVEZ and Manuel Blea, individually and on behalf of all members of that class of persons who are beneficiaries of life insurance policies issued by the American Life and Casualty Insurance Company of Fargo, North Dakota, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN LIFE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY OF FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, and The New Mexico National Guard Association, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

March 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duhigg, Cronin & Spring, P.A., John J. Duhigg, Helena Gorochow, Albuquerque, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Carpenter, Comeau, Maldegen, Brennan, Nixon & Templeman, Michael W. Brennan, Patricia J. Turner, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellee NM Nat. Guard Ass'n.

Gallagher, Casados & Mann, P.C., Doris W. Eng, Albuquerque, for defendant-appellee American Life & Cas. Co. of Fargo, ND.


OPINION

RANSOM, Justice.

Roberta Chavez and Manuel Blea, the beneficiaries of a life insurance certificate, appeal from a summary judgment denying their claims against the insurer and the policyholder of a group policy, American Life and Casualty Insurance Company of Fargo, North Dakota and the New Mexico National Guard Association, Inc., respectively. Chavez and Blea claimed benefits following the death of guardsman Mark Blea, who held a certificate reflecting...

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