Judge Grants Insurer’s Request For Default Judgment Against Woman, Not Children

Mealey's (October 9, 2019, 1:01 PM EDT) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge in Tennessee on Oct. 8 granted an insurance company’s motion for default judgment against a woman accused of unlawfully obtaining structured settlement benefits on behalf of a man who died in July 2004, finding that the company sufficiently stated claims for fraud, negligence and unjust enrichment and against her, but refused to enter default judgment against her children (Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York v. Cynthia Tyler-Howard, et al., No. 19-cv-00276, M.D. Tenn., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 174591)....