A Maryland life insurance company is hesitating in handing over $1 million from a life insurance policy that was bought weeks before a Philadelphia man was murdered in his driveway.
Veno Leigertwood Jr., a guidance counselor, was shot and killed Sept. 13, 2008, in his driveway in Yeadon, Pa.
A $1 million life insurance policy was issued on Leigertwood’s life 18 days prior to his murder. His wife and primary beneficiary, Raven Leigertwood, is a person of interest in the investigation of his death, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Banner Life Insurance Co., based in Frederick, Md., filed a petition in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia Aug. 30, invoking Pennsylvanias Slayers Law, which bars any principal or accessory to a killing from benefiting from the crime.
The company deposited the $1 million with the court, asking that it decide who should be the beneficiary.
Banner also said that to avoid complications, it did not want to make payment to Viola Leigertwood, the victims mother, who is a Philadelphia police dispatcher, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. If payment were denied to the widow under the Slayers Act, the mother would be the beneficiary. But if the widow were subsequently cleared, Raven Leigertwood might have a legal claim against Banner, according to the newspaper.
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