OCCIDENTAL LIFE INS. CO. v. BENOIT

No. 07-1164.

978 So.2d 558 (2008)

OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA v. Ruby BENOIT and Deaundra L. Francis.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 5, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd Dangerfield, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant-Appellant Ruby Benoit.

Stan Gauthier, II, Kristi Husher Oubre, Jonathan D. Mayeaux, Stan Gauthier, II, A Law Corporation, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant-Appellant Deaundra L. Francis.

Greg R. Mier, Onebane Law Firm, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee Occidental Life Insurance Company of North America.

Court composed of BILLY HOWARD EZELL, J. DAVID PAINTER, and JAMES T. GENOVESE.


PAINTER, Judge.

Occidental Life Insurance Company of North America (Occidental) instituted this concursus proceeding by depositing the proceeds of a certain life insurance policy into the registry of the court and made Ruby Benoit (Benoit) and Deaundra L. Francis (Francis), both of whom claim to be the sole beneficiary of the policy, defendants. Francis filed a reconventional demand seeking to reform the policy to name her beneficiary or, in the alternative, seeking...

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