Mitchell v. Emeritus Management, LLC

DECISION AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO AMEND COMPLAINT AND DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS

D. BROCK HORNBY, District Judge.

If the facts as the plaintiff states them are true, 1 the outcome compelled by the governing statute and caselaw is very troubling. The plaintiff employee says that she purchased a life insurance policy on her husband through her employer’s group coverage. When her husband was dying, she resigned her employment to care for him. She asked her employer for the proper forms to convert the group life insurance coverage to individual coverage, as she was entitled to do. Her…