Legal Opinion
Nicole Cultrona v. Nationwide Life Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 9, 2014No. 13-3558, 13-3585PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
Nicole Cultrona filed suit against Nationwide Life Insurance Company (Nationwide), the Nationwide Death Benefit Plan (the Plan), the Nationwide Benefits Administrative Committee (the BAC), and StarLine Group (StarLine) following the denial of her claim for accidental-death benefits and her subsequent exhaustion of the Plan’s internal administrative procedures. The claim was based on the death of Nicole’s husband, Shawn Cultrona, in June 2011. Nicole, an employee of a Nationwide affiliate, was a participant in the Plan. Among other benefits, the Plan…
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