DIEP v. RIVAS

No. 64, Sept. Term, 1999.

745 A.2d 1098 (2000)

357 Md. 668

An DIEP and Vanessa Diep v. Hector RIVAS and CNA Insurance Company.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 14, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick James Attridge (King & Attridge, on brief), Rockville, for petitioners.

Mark S. Carlin (Sherman, Meehan, Curtis & Ain, P.C., Washington, D.C.; Charles E. Wilson, Jr., Amy Leete Leone, McCarthy, Wilson & Ethridge, Rockville), all on brief, for respondents.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL and HARRELL, JJ.


RODOWSKY, Judge.

This interpleader action involves $150,000 in life insurance benefits payable as a result of the murder of a wife by her husband who then committed suicide. At issue is the ultimate recipient of the proceeds. After interpreting the insurance contract to provide for payment to relatives of the husband as contingent beneficiaries, the Court of Special Appeals, in Diep v. Rivas, 126...

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