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PRUDENTIAL INS. CO. OF AMERICA v. SMITH

No. 94-CA-951.

657 So.2d 1369 (1995)

The PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA v. Barry Gerard SMITH, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

June 28, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Salassi, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Benjamin L. Johnson, Donaldsonville, Phyllis M. Williams, LaPlace, for defendant-appellant.

Patricia A.G. Dean, Metairie, J. Sterling Snowdy, Millett & Snowdy, LaPlace, for defendant-appellee.

Before GRISBAUM, WICKER and GOTHARD, JJ.

GRISBAUM, Judge.

Appellant, Barry Gant, Jr., appeals the decision of the trial court's finding that, because he had been adopted, he was not entitled to proceeds from his biological father's life insurance policy. We reverse.

Since we are presented with a pure question of law, the basic record facts and procedural history are irrelevant.

THE TRIAL COURT'S FINDING

The trial court's finding that appellant was not entitled to any life...

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