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GREAT AMERICAN LIFE INS. CO. v. TANNER

No. 20-60588.

5 F.4th 601 (2021)

GREAT AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Ava Mitchell TANNER, Defendant-Appellee, v. Alita Margaret Mitchell; Craig J. Cheatham, Defendants-Appellants, v. Phyllis Mitchell Fernandez, Intervenor-Appellee, Ava Mitchell Tanner; Phyllis Fernandez, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Alita Cheatham Mitchell; Craig Cheatham, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed July 16, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Farrell, Esq. , Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellee.

J. Hale Freeland , Freeland Martz, P.L.L.C., Oxford, MS, for Defendants-Appellants.

Michael Farrell, Esq. , Jackson, MS, for Intervenor-Appellee.

Before Smith, Stewart, and Ho, Circuit Judges.

In April 2016, Great American Life Insurance Company ("GALIC") filed an interpleader action seeking to determine the proper beneficiary of two annuities belonging to decedent Don Mitchell ("Don"). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Don's daughter, Ava Tanner ("Ava"), rejecting the claims of Don...

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