Brown-Kingston
Great American Life Insurance Company v. Brown-Kingston
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GREAT AMERICAN LIFE No. 2:18-cv-02783-MCE-KJN
INSURANCE COMPANY,
12 Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER v.
SAUNDRA LEE BROWN-KINGSTON,
et al., Defendants. 17 Through this interpleader action, Plaintiff Great American Life Insurance Company (“Plaintiff”), deposited into the Court’s registry death benefits from a life insurance policy subject to competing claims by Defendants Saundra Lee Brown-Kingston (“Brown- Kingston”) and Christine Leora Bailey (“Bailey”) (collectively “Defendants”). Compl., ECF No. 1, at 2. The insurance policy covered the life of Michael James MacFarland (“Decedent”), who at the time of death was Brown-Kingston’s uncle and Bailey’s ex- husband. Plaintiff has been discharged, and, presently before the Court are Defendants’ Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment, which are fully briefed. ECF Nos. 43 (“Bailey’s /// /// /// Motion”), 47 (“Brown-Kingston’s Motion”). For the reasons that follow, Bailey’s Motion is 2 …