- Amount
- $399,000 (court-ordered payment to our client, plus interest)
- Counsel
- Interpleader Law
- Result for
- The insured's son, our client
- Case
- Jones v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
- Docket
- No. 2:24-cv-01967-GGG-KWR
- Decided
- January 13, 2025
- Issue
- A beneficiary change made under a power of attorney shortly before death, resolved by agreement
The insured had group life coverage through his employer, a plan governed by ERISA. According to the insurer, in the days before he died his sister, acting under a power of attorney, contacted the plan and designated herself as sole primary beneficiary. His son disputed the change, and a funeral home also asserted a claim. The insurer filed an interpleader and deposited the benefit with the court.
We represented the son. The claimants resolved the dispute by agreement, and on their joint motion the court entered a final judgment ordering most of the benefit, with interest, paid to our client.
What it shows. A beneficiary change made by an agent just before death invites challenge, and a family member who contests it can reach a court-ordered recovery.
Read the court's order
Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. This summary describes the court's ruling; it is not legal advice about any other case.
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