EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES v. McKAY

861 F.2d 221 The EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, Plaintiff, and Carolyn McKay, a Washington resident, Defendant-Appellant, v. Harlan David McKAY, Jr., Dana Williford, and Marjorie N. McKay, as guardian for Sean Michael McKay, Oregon residents, Defendants-Appellees. No. 86-3614. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 9, 1987. Decided Nov. 8, 1988. James A. Trujillo, Bellevue, Wash., for defendant-appellant. Daniel E. McCabe, Aloha, Or., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before WRIGHT, WALLACE and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges. PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States ("Equitable Life") brought this interpleader action to determine the beneficiary of two life insurance policies purchased by the decedent, David McKay. The United States District Court for the District of Oregon granted summary judgment in favor of McKay's children and against his widow, Carolyn McKay, on the ground that the Washington Deadman's Statute, Wash.Rev.Code Ann. Sec. 5.60.030 (West Supp.1988), 1 required the exclusion of all testimony favorable to…