Alane King, as Conservator and Natural Parent of Amber Lynn Schanus v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge,

with whom LOKEN, Chief Judge, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD and RILEY, Circuit Judges, join, dissenting.

Because I conclude that the district court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of Hartford, I respectfully dissent.

As I analyze it, this case presents one relatively straightforward issue: Whether the Hartford plan administrator abused its discretion when it denied Amber Lynn Schanus’s claim for accidental-death benefits on the basis that her father, Martin Schanus, did not die from an “accidental bodily injury” under the terms of the Hartford insurance…