BRIGHTHOUSE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. JACKSON et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION
BRIGHTHOUSE LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY,
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Plaintiff, 	)
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v. 	) 	No. 1:25-cv-00830-MPB-CSW
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JUSTICE DANYA JACKSON, 	)
CAROLINE DULTZ PRZYBYLOWSKI as
Trustee of the Lawrence Ray Dultz Trust Dated
October 18, 2018,
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Defendants. 	)
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S RECOMMENDED DISPOSITION
Plaintiff Brighthouse Life Insurance Company filed this interpleader action to determine
who is entitled to a $1,100,000 death benefit that became due to the beneficiary (or beneficiaries)
of Lawrence R. Dultz's life insurance policy. (Docket No. 1 at ECF pp. 1–4). Brighthouse issued
the life insurance policy. (Id. at ECF p. 2). Defendant Justice Danya Jackson is designated as the
sole primary beneficiary of the death benefit. (Id. at ECF p. 3). Defendant Caroline Dultz
Przybylowski is the trustee of the Lawrence R. Dultz Trust. (Id. at ECF p. 1).
The parties jointly moved for interpleader relief. (Docket No. 17). The terms of the joint
motion are as follows: Brighthouse shall receive attorney's fees and costs and deposit the death
benefit with the Clerk; the Clerk shall deposit the interpleader funds into an interest-bearing
account; and the Court shall permanently enjoin Defendants from pursuing claims against
Brighthouse related to the interpleader funds or death benefit, direct Defendants to release any
such claims against Brighthouse, and dismiss Brighthouse from this action with prejudice. (Id. at
ECF pp. 1–2).
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The parties' Joint Motion for Interpleader Relief was referred to the Magistrate Judge,
who granted it. (Docket No. 24). Contemporaneously, the Magistrate Judge issued a Report and
Recommendation in which she recommended that the Court dismiss Plaintiff with prejudice from
this action. (Docket No. 25); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(1). Naturally, no party filed a written objection
to the Magistrate Judge's Report, so the Court reviews it for clear error. Johnson v. Zema Sys.
Corp., 170 F.3d 734, 739 (7th Cir. 1999). There is no error.
The Court therefore ADOPTS the Magistrate Judge's recommended disposition. (Docket
No. 25). All claims, counterclaims, cross-complaints, and crossclaims that were asserted or could
have been asserted against Plaintiff Brighthouse are DISMISSED with prejudice. With all
claims against Brighthouse being dismissed, the Court finds, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 54(b), that there is no just reason for delaying entry of final judgment as to
Brighthouse. Brighthouse is DISMISSED with prejudice from this action without further costs
or fees. Partial Final judgment as to Brighthouse shall issue by separate entry.
The Clerk is ORDERED to amend the case caption to reflect that Caroline Dultz
Przybylowski is now the Plaintiff and Justice Damya Jackson is now the Defendant. The Clerk is
further ORDERED to correct the misspelling of Jackson's middle name in the caption.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: December 4, 2025
Served electronically on all ECF-registered counsel of record.
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