contra-proferentem
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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… |