Monday, December 22nd, 2008
DAlaska: Life Insurer Liability to Third-Party Beneficiary
In a lengthy published opinion, U. S. District Judge John Sedwick has denied summary judgment to State Farm on a claim by a life insurance beneficiary that State Farm failed to comply with the insured’s (uncontested) instructions to redesignate the beneficiary on the policy after the insured and the beneficiary divorced.
Sedwick framed these issues:
(1) whether State Farm or [its agent] […]