TINSLEY v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 99-2045.

227 F.3d 700 (2000)

Willie Lee TINSLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION; Metropolitan Life, Defendants, Beulah Calloway, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 26, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie Lee Tinsley (briefed), Clanton, Alabama, Plaintiff-Appellant pro se.

Steve J. Weiss (briefed), Eric A. Michaels (briefed), Hertz, Schram & Saretzky, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

Before: NELSON and MOORE, Circuit Judges; WILHOIT, Chief District Judge.


OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

This is an interpleader action in which Willie Lee Tinsley appeals the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granting summary judgment to third-party defendant-appellee Beulah Calloway and awarding the benefits of Edward B. Williams's ERISA-covered life insurance plan to Calloway. For the reasons set out below, we REVERSE and REMAND for a trial on the merits.

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