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UNUM LIFE INS. CO. OF AMERICA v. CRAIG

No. CV-00-0184-CQ.

26 P.3d 510 (2001)

200 Ariz. 327

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. Kenneth E. CRAIG, as personal representative of the Estate of William J. and Micah Craig, deceased; Kathleen Burr, as personal representative of the Estate of Diane Craig, et al., Defendants. Prudential Insurance Company of America, Plaintiff, v. Kenneth E. Craig, as personal representative of the Estate of William J. and Micah Craig, deceased; Kathleen Burr, as personal representative of the Estate of Diane Craig, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

July 17, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jardine Baker Hickman & Houston PLLC by Gerald T. Hickman, Phoenix, Attorneys for Plaintiff UNUM Life Insurance Company of America.

W. Lloyd Benner, Phoenix, Attorney for Defendants Burr/Pirie.

Randall L. Hodgkinson, Topeka, KS, Stephen M. Lee, Kingman, Attorney for Defendants Kenneth E. Craig, Personal representative of the Estate of William J. and Micah Craig and Chanda Craig.

OPINION

JONES, Vice Chief Justice.

I. Introduction

¶ 1 This is an interpleader action involving life insurance proceeds. The case comes to us as a certified question from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. The question is which of two conflicting statutes, A.R.S. § 14-2702 or § 20-1127, articulates the applicable rule of survival for a designated beneficiary of an insurance policy? We accepted jurisdiction...

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