( November 11, 2024, 8:16 AM EST) -- FLORENCE, S.C. — A South Carolina federal judge dismissed a breach of contract suit filed against Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (MetLife) by a decedent’s son seeking death benefits under his father’s $100,000 life insurance policy which ended when his father retired, finding that the son’s breach of contract claim fails because agency granted to him by his father pursuant to a power of attorney (POA) ended upon his father’s death and therefore precluded the son from extending post-retirement coverage on his father’s behalf....