LUNSFORD v. WESTERN STATES LIFE INS.

No. 92CA0323.

919 P.2d 899 (1996)

Tammi LUNSFORD, Lori Hustwaite, Kathy Webster, Perry E. Nelson, III, a minor, and Brooke Erin Nelson, a minor, By and Through their legal guardian ad litem Ellen Trujillo, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. WESTERN STATES LIFE INSURANCE and North American Life & Casualty Company, Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

May 2, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haddon, Morgan & Foreman, P.C., Harold A. Haddon, Rachel A. Bellis, Denver, Haines & Olsen, P.C., Susan G. Haines, Denver, for Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Phelps, Singer & Dunn, Alan Gary Dunn, Joan M. Riordan, Denver, for Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Appellees.


Opinion by Chief Judge STERNBERG.

Plaintiffs, Tammi Lunsford, Lori Hustwaite, Kathy Webster, Perry E. Nelson, III, and Brooke Erin Nelson, were contingent beneficiaries of insurance policies on the life of their father Perry E. Nelson, Jr. Upon his death the insurance policy proceeds were paid to the primary beneficiary, Nelson's widow, Sharon. When it was later discovered that the widow had assisted in murdering Nelson, plaintiffs sued the defendants, Western States...

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