BIGLEY v. PACIFIC STANDARD LIFE INS. CO.

(14671)

229 Conn. 459 (1994)

JOHN F. BIGLEY, EXECUTOR (ESTATE OF NORMA C. WHITE) v. PACIFIC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released May 31, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. Harvey, for the appellant-appellee (plaintiff).

Alice Ann Carey, for the appellee-appellant (defendant).

BORDEN, BERDON, NORCOTT, KATZ and PALMER, JS.


PALMER, J.

This case requires us to decide whether the beneficiary of a life insurance annuity policy or the insurance company that issued the policy bears the loss resulting from the insurer's payment of the policy proceeds to a person fraudulently substituted as the beneficiary. The trial court held that the defendant, Pacific Standard Life Insurance Company, was not liable to the plaintiff, John F. Bigley,1 executor of the estate of...

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