METLIFE LIFE & ANNUITY CO. OF CT v. AKPELE

No. 16-15677.

886 F.3d 998 (2018)

METLIFE LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT, Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellee, v. Uzo AKPELE, J.E.A., a minor, Defendants-Counter Claimants-Appellees Cross Appellants, Ann Herrera, in her capacity as Temporary Administrator of The Estate of Ignatius Esehaigbe Akpele, Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee, AIE Surgical Practice, LLC Defined Benefit Plan, a.k.a. Dr. Ignatius Akpele Defined Benefit Plan, Third Party Defendant-Counter Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 29, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth J. Bondurant , Nikole M. Crow , Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, ATLANTA, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Robert S. Wayne , Office of Robert S. Wayne, DECATUR, GA, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

Bobby C. Aniekwu , Bobby C. Aniekwu & Associates, LLC, MARIETTA, GA, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross Appellants.

Brent L. Wilson , Elarbee Thompson Sapp & Wilson, LLP, ATLANTA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before ROSENBAUM and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and BARTLE, District Judge.


Plaintiff MetLife Life and Annuity Co. of Connecticut ("MetLife") initiated this interpleader action under Rule 22 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and sought to pay into the registry of the district court the proceeds of an insurance policy on the life of Dr. Ignatius Akpele, deceased. The defendants named by MetLife...

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