Opinion
Civil Action 3:21-CV-00071-CAR
08-19-2021
UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. MATTIE MORRISON PHILLIPS and ASHA V. STANFORD, Defendants.
Elizabeth J. Bondurant Georgia Bar No. 066690 Brendan H. White Georgia Bar No. 458315 Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP Attorneys for Unum Life Insurance Company of America
Elizabeth J. Bondurant Georgia Bar No. 066690 Brendan H. White Georgia Bar No. 458315 Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP Attorneys for Unum Life Insurance Company of America
ORDER FOR DISCHARGE, DISMISSAL AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION
HONORABLE C. ASHLEY ROYAL, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff in Interpleader Unum Life Insurance Company of America's (“Unum”) Consent Motion for Discharge, Dismissal, and Permanent Injunction (the “Motion”). Having considered all matters of record, and for good cause shown, the Motion [Doc. 19] is hereby GRANTED. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
a) That Unum is hereby DISCHARGED from all further liability under the Walton County Board of Education's Employee Benefit Plan (the “Plan”) beyond those monies deposited into the Court's Registry in the amount of $104, 060.28 (the “Interpleader Funds”), which
represent the benefits payable under the Plan by reason of the death of Oliver Phillips (the “Decedent”);
b) That Unum is hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE from this action; and
c) That Defendants Mattie Morrison Phillips and Asha V. Stanford are hereby PERMANENTLY ENJOINED and restrained from initiating any other action against Unum for recovery of the benefits payable under the Plan by reason of the death of the Decedent.
SO ORDERED.