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BENNETT v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

722 A.2d 115 (1998)

317 N.J. Super. 324

Joseph BENNETT, as Administrator Ad Prosequendum of the Estate of Benita G. Bennett Pyatt, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Victor Hatami, and Larry Jackson Pyatt, Defendants, and Allstate Insurance Company, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff, v. Vera L. Bettis, Third Party Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 30, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Berkeley, Brick, for third party defendant-appellant.

Wesley M. Kain, Asbury Park, for plaintiff-respondent (Lawrence, Leslie & Kain, attorneys; Mr. Kain, on the brief).

Before Judges STERN, LANDAU and WECKER.

The opinion of the court was delivered by LANDAU, J.A.D.

Third party defendant, Vera L. Bettis (Bettis), appeals from a grant of summary judgment awarding the proceeds of an Allstate life insurance policy to the estate of the insured, Benita Bennett Pyatt (decedent), who was murdered by her husband Larry Pyatt (Pyatt), the primary beneficiary, rather than to her as the named contingent beneficiary. We affirm.

On May 15, 1985, Pyatt and decedent entered into...

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