Legal Opinion
Nichols v. Unicare Life & Health Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 16, 2014No. 12-4047, 13-1033PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
UniCare Life and Health Insurance Company (“Unicare”) appeals the district court’s 1 grant of summary judgment in favor of Sean Nichols in this Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. case. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Nichols is the surviving spouse of Dana Nichols. Dana was employed by Acxiom Corporation, and she was insured under the Acxiom Corporation Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance Plan (the “plan”). The plan is funded by a policy underwritten by UniCare, and Uni-Care also serves as the claims administrator.
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