| 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… |
| 24-5724 |
Victor Guyton, II v. Golden Donuts, LLC |
Georgia |
2024-10-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law equal-protection insurance-policy sovereign-immunity state-rights |
Does a state have the right to waive sovereign immunity in violation of its own constitution and the U.S. Constitution? |
| 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… |
| 21-5208 |
Samuel W. Wani v. George Fox University, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion causation discovery discovery-violation expert-testimony fair-trial insurance-policy medical-malpractice medical-records standard-of-care |
Wani's failure to provide expert testimony regarding the standard of care and causation |
| 20-379 |
Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London v. Brighton Collectibles, LLC |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-24 |
Denied |
|
abstention civil-damages comity due-process federalism insurance-policy invasion-of-privacy ninth-circuit privacy-rights song-beverly-act song-beverly-credit-card-act |
Whether the Ninth Circuit violated federalism, abstention, and comity by creating new law when it refused to follow California's precedence establishi… |
| 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 |
Does construing ambiguous insurance policy terms against ERISA beneficiaries undermine the purpose of ERISA? |
| 18-7709 |
John B. Laschkewitsch, as Administrator for the Estate of Ben Laschkewitsch v. Lincoln Life and Annuity Distributors, Inc., dba Lincoln Financial Group |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law appeals attorneys-fees breach-of-contract civil-rights contract costs diagnostic-disclosure due-process equal-protection insurance insurance-policy policy-contestability producer-agreement standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the issues prese… |
| 18-5335 |
Min Kwon v. Erie Insurance |
Virginia |
2018-07-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
bona-fides caption civil-procedure contract-dispute contract-law contractual-terms coverage-dispute due-process erie-insurance exhibit insurance-policy parties policy-interpretation statutory-interpretation table-of-contents |
Which policy did Kwon contract original policy? |