Legal Opinion

ALANE KING, AS CONSERVATOR AND NATURAL PARENT OF AMBER LYNN SCHANUS, — v. HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, —

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 6, 2004No. 02-3934_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Martin Schanus, an insured party under a Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company (“Hartford”) accidental death insurance policy, died when he crashed his motorcycle while intoxicated. Hartford denied double indemnity benefits on the grounds that the crash did not meet the definition of an accident under the policy. In response, Alane King, as conservator for Amber Lynn Schanus (Martin Scha-nus’s daughter, the policy beneficiary), brought an action against Hartford under ERISA, 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a). The parties both moved for summary judgment, and King now appeals…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Mary Jane Wickman v. Northwestern National Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  2. Drexel Finley and Grace Finley v. Special Agents Mutual Benefit Association, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  3. Sherrie A. Farley v. Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, a Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
  4. West v. Aetna Life InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 2001
  5. In the Matter of the Estate of Irwin Leon Wade, by W. Lawrence Oliver v. The Continental Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Alane King, as Conservator and Natural Parent of Amber Lynn Schanus v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
  2. Stamp v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
  3. Stamp v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 2006
  4. McElyea v. AIG Life InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 2004
  5. Loberg v. CIGNA Group InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 2011

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