METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. HARDIN

No. IP 98-0324-C H/G.

23 F.Supp.2d 934 (1998)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Essie HARDIN and Linda Edwards, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Indiana, Indianapolis Division.

August 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bart A. Karwath, Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff.

Robert Rock, Anderson, IN, for defendant Essie Hardin, and Steven C. Smith and Patrick R. Ragains, Smith Ragains & Cotton, Anderson, IN, for defendant Linda Edwards.


ENTRY OF FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

HAMILTON, District Judge.

The central question in this case is which of two women should be treated as the legal widow of Robert Edwards, an employee of General Motors who died on April 4, 1997. The legal widow is entitled to benefits under an employee benefit plan. This interpleader action was brought by plaintiff Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife"), which is the administrator of the Survivor...

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