Legal Opinion
Doloros Donatelli v. The Home Insurance Company, Cooper Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 11, 1993No. 92-2591PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Doloros Donatelli appeals the dismissal of her claim for a $500,000 accidental death benefit under The Home Insurance Company’s group life policy covering the employees of Cooper Industries, Inc. Donatelli argues that the district court erred in granting summary judgment dismissing her state law claim as preempted by ERISA, and in dismissing her ERISA claim for benefits after a trial on the merits.1 We affirm.
Donatelli’s late husband, Joseph Donatelli, Jr., an employee of Cooper Industries, took his own life on January 22,1989. Mrs. Dona-telli filed a claim for accidental…
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