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SMITH v. PRUCO LIFE INS. CO. OF NEW JERSEY

Docket No. 12-3071-cv.

710 F.3d 476 (2013)

Ronald SMITH, Successor Trustee under the James W. Coops Trust, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 19, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman H. Dachs , Shayne, Dachs, Sauer & Dachs, LLP, Mineola, New York, for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael S. Gugig , Saul Ewing LLP, Newark, New Jersey, for defendant-appellee.

Before: LYNCH, LOHIER, and CARNEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff-appellant Ronald Smith commenced this action in New York State Supreme Court against defendant-appellant Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey ("Pruco"). Smith alleged that he was the beneficiary of a $1 million insurance policy issued by Pruco on the life of Michael Coops; that Michael Coops had died; and that Smith was therefore entitled to a payment from Pruco of $1 million plus interest from the date of Coops's death. Pruco removed the...

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