Legal Opinion
Vickers v. Boston Mutual Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 4, 1998No. 97-1949PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.
In August, 1992, Charles E. Vickers, Jr., (Vickérs), an employee insured under an ERISA, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., group policy covering, within limits, accidental death, was fatally injured in a one-car auto mobile crash in Arizona. Plaintiff executrix sued in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and was awarded the death benefit and attorney’s fees on a motion for summary judgment. Defendant Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company (Company), claiming the death was not covered by the policy, appeals. We affirm.
The Facts
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