ReliaStar Life Insurance Company v. Janice E. Hill

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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10 Case No. CV 22-2476-KK-RAO

RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE

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CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

13 v. 14 JANICE E. HILL, ET AL., 15 Defendant(s). 16 17 On April 12, 2022, Plaintiff Reliastar Life Insurance Company (“Plaintiff”) filed 18 a Complaint seeking declaratory relief regarding the rights of interpleader defendants 19 20 Michael Stills and Janice and Kenneth Hill (collectively, “Defendants”) to benefits 21 from decedent Amy Still’s (“Decedent”) life insurance policy. ECF Docket No. 22 (“Dkt.”) 1. On January 8, 2024, the matter was tried before the Court without a jury. 23 Dkt. 93. 24 Having considered all the evidence admitted at trial – including the Pretrial 25 Stipulations of Fact submitted by the Defendants, dkt. 91 – and the briefings 26 submitted by Defendants, dkts. 96 and 97, the Court makes the following Findings of 27 Fact and Conclusions of Law pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52.

I. FINDINGS OF FACT

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