Legal Opinion
Rekowski v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided March 3, 2006No. 05-C-452-CPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
CRABB, District Judge.
On April 15, 2004, Steven Rekowski’s body was discovered inside his truck, in a lake in Holcombe, Wisconsin. Investigators determined that he had drowned. His widow, plaintiff Angela Rekowski, filed an application for benefits under an insurance plan sponsored by her employer. The plan’s fiduciary, defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, paid her benefits under a basic life insurance policy but denied her request for accidental death benefits. Plaintiff filed an action to recover the accidental death benefits in the Circuit Court for Marathon…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Mary Jane Wickman v. Northwestern National Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Christine M. Donato v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Susan E. Hess v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
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