Lee v. MetLife Group Term Life Insurance Company, 5:19-CV-244-D. (2019)
Court: District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Number: infdco20190802618
Visitors: 1
Filed: Jul. 29, 2019
Latest Update: Jul. 29, 2019
Summary: ORDER JAMES C. DEVER, III , District Judge . This matter is before the Court on the motion of Plaintiff-in-Interpleader Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife") to join Sheila Fleetwood; Russell Lee; Wilder's Funeral Home, Inc.; and John Doe, as Administrator of the Estate of John Ellis Bazemore (the "Additional Defendants") as additional counterclaim defendants pursuant to Rules 13, 19, and 20 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Court finds that the Additional Defendants ar
Summary: ORDER JAMES C. DEVER, III , District Judge . This matter is before the Court on the motion of Plaintiff-in-Interpleader Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife") to join Sheila Fleetwood; Russell Lee; Wilder's Funeral Home, Inc.; and John Doe, as Administrator of the Estate of John Ellis Bazemore (the "Additional Defendants") as additional counterclaim defendants pursuant to Rules 13, 19, and 20 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Court finds that the Additional Defendants are..
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ORDER
JAMES C. DEVER, III, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the motion of Plaintiff-in-Interpleader Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife") to join Sheila Fleetwood; Russell Lee; Wilder's Funeral Home, Inc.; and John Doe, as Administrator of the Estate of John Ellis Bazemore (the "Additional Defendants") as additional counterclaim defendants pursuant to Rules 13, 19, and 20 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Court finds that the Additional Defendants are necessary parties to the interpleader action and finds that good cause exists to join the Additional Defendants as additional counterclaim defendants.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Sheila Fleetwood; Russell Lee; Wilder's Funeral Home, Inc.; and John Doe, as Administrator of the Estate of John Ellis Bazemore are hereby joined as defendants in MetLife's counterclaim in interpleader. The Clerk shall issue summons to the defendants as requested by MetLife.
SO ORDERED.
Source: Leagle
