Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Gorman-Hubka et al

Filing 39

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by District Judge T. S. Ellis, III on 2/3/2016. (rban, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Alexandria Division

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY,
Plaintiff,
Case No. l:15-cv-1200
V.

JUDITH ANN GORMAN-HUBKA, et aL,
Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

In this interpleader action, claimants dispute who is entitled to receive the benefits of
decedent's life insurance policy. Plaintiff, the stakeholder, filed an interpleader complaint for the

purpose of determiningthe rightful beneficiary. Thereafter, claimants filed answers and crossclaims against each other. Claimant Judith Gorman-Hubka also filed a counterclaim against

plaintiff, alleging two claims. Claimants then filed cross-motions for summary judgmentwith
respect to their cross-claims. As the motions have been fully briefed and argued, they are now
ripe for disposition.

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Stakeholder-plaintiff Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is a New York
corporation.

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Defendant-claimant Judith Gorman-Hubka ("Claimant Gorman-Hubka") is the
ex-wife of Eugene James Hubka, Jr. ("Decedenf), and is a citizen of Virginia.

^The facts dispositive of claimants' cross-motions for summary judgment are derived from the
respective claimants' lists of undisputed facts and the summary judgment record as a whole,
including the group universal life insurance policy, the transcript of a recorded telephone
conversation, and various documents. To the extent that claimants dispute facts, those disputes
are not material to the dispositions of the motions.