accidental-death

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-741 Levi Goldfarb, et al. v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company Eleventh Circuit 2025-01-14 Denied Response Waived accidental-death circuit-split contract-interpretation erisa insurance-policy mountain-climbing Whether an accidental death insurance policy subject to ERISA should determine the existence of an 'accident' by common law presumption or a 'reasonab…
21-1376 Mary Alexandre v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA First Circuit 2022-04-25 Denied accidental-death civil-procedure employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa insurance insurance-policy presumption state-of-mind suicide suicide-presumption trial-procedure Should the trial court apply presumptions against suicide and in favor of an accident when the insured's state of mind is contested in an ERISA-covere…
21-554 Amber Boyer v. Schneider Electric Holdings, Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied Response Waived accidental-death benefits-due crime-exclusion erisa insurance-policy plan-administrator substantial-evidence Whether the ERISA Plan Administrator's interpretation of 'crime' to include speeding and improper passing was unreasonable when denying coverage under…
18-6880 Jason A. Lenz v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP accidental-death character-evidence civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process expert-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-deadlock standing statutory-interpretation Should a certificate of appealability issue in a Section 2254 proceeding
18-5355 Del Ray Sanders v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-07-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP accidental-death criminal-procedure criminally-negligent-homicide due-process homicide-charges jury-instructions lesser-included-offense lesser-included-offenses manslaughter standard-of-review texas-penal-code trial-court-discretion unreasonable-application-of-federal-law Whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant's request for jury instructions on the lesser-included offenses of manslaughter and criminally …