Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Price

Full title: METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. SANDRA PRICE, SHANNON…

Court: United States District Court, D. New Jersey

Date published: Sep 8, 2008

Civil Action No. 04-5044 (FSH) (D.N.J. Sep. 8, 2008)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 04-5044 (FSH).

September 8, 2008

ORDER

FAITH HOCHBERG, District Judge

This matter coming before this Court upon Magistrate Judge Shwartz's July 17, 2008 Report and Recommendation recommending that "the United States District Judge enter a judgment declaring that the general release that plaintiff had sent to defendant Sandra Price is fully binding and that all of her claims to the life insurance proceeds are deemed abandoned. The parties have ten (10) days from receipt of this recommendation to file and serve objections;" and

it appearing that neither party has filed an objection to the Report and Recommendation and that ten days have passed, see L. Civ. R. 72.1(c)(2); and

this Court having reviewed de novo the Report and Recommendation, and good cause appearing;

IT IS on this 8^th day of September, 2008

ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Shwartz's July 17, 2008 Report and Recommendation is adopted as the Opinion of this Court; and it is

ORDERED that the general release that plaintiff had sent to defendant Sandra Price is fully binding and that all of her claims to the life insurance proceeds are deemed abandoned; and it is

ORDERED in accordance with the release, that the Plan Benefits shall be split evenly and paid to Andre Price and Shannon Price; and it is further

ORDERED that this action be dismissed with prejudice and this case is CLOSED.