Legal Opinion
Erickson v. Thrivent Insurance Agency Inc.
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided February 1, 2017No. 4:16-CV-04044-RALPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO STAY CASE AND COMPEL ARBITRATION
ROBERTO A. LANGE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
This case involves an insurance contract between Plaintiff Raymond Erickson and a fraternal benefit society. Insurance contracts issued by a fraternal benefit society generally include the society’s bylaws, as well as any subsequent amendments to *327the bylaws, provided that the amendments do not reduce the benefits promised in the original contract. This Court must decide whether Erickson is bound by an arbitration clause that was not in his original insurance contract but was…
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