The applicant pension fund brought an application for an interpleader order regarding a $62,841.54 pre-retirement death benefit.
The deceased plan member's designated beneficiaries (his mother and sister) and his alleged common-law spouse asserted competing claims to the fund.
The alleged spouse opposed the order extinguishing the applicant's liability, arguing she had a claim for emotional distress.
The court granted the interpleader order, finding no valid cause of action against the applicant, and ordered the alleged spouse to pay $15,000 in partial indemnity costs to the applicant.
