Legal Opinion
Ernest E. Evans v. Safeco Life Insurance Company, Personal Security Option Program--Lockheed Special Accident Insurance Plan, Lockheed Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 19, 1990No. 88-6299PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Per curiam
Ernest Evans (Evans) appeals the district court’s dismissal of his second amended complaint under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (1982 & Supp. IV (1987)) for the defendants’ failure to pay insurance benefits allegedly due Evans for the death of his former wife’s natural son, Gerald Evans (Gerald). We affirm.
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In 1986, Evans was employed by Lockheed Corporation and enrolled in the Lockheed Special Accident Insurance Plan. Evans enrolled in the family plan, which covered the employee’s spouse and children. The handbook to this plan states…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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