contra-proferentem

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22-795 Jay C. Richmond v. Life Insurance Company of North America Eighth Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Response Waived administrative-discretion circuit-split contra-proferentem employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa erisa-benefits firestone-deference full-and-fair-review judicial-review plan-interpretation 1. Whether , in this denial of benefits case under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. , the cour…
21-13 KinderCare Education, LLC v. Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, et al. California 2021-07-07 Denied arbitration-agreement contra-proferentem federal-arbitration-act lamps-plus-v-varela preemption state-common-law state-law supreme-court-precedent Notwithstanding the express holding of this Court in Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, 139 S. Ct. 1407, 1417 (2019) ("Lamps Plus") that the Federal Arbitrat…
19-884 Rick V. Caldwell, et ux. v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America Tenth Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied beneficiary-rights contra-proferentem discretionary-provision erisa fiduciary-duty insurance-policy judicial-deference trust-law I. UNUM (and other insurers) asserts ERISA insurers do not have a legal duty to draft unambiguous plans and policies. UNUM then argues that is has dis…