Legal Opinion
Unicare Life & Health Insurance v. Phanor
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 30, 2007No. Civil Action 05-11355-JLTPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TAURO, District Judge.
Background
Joseph Pamphile (“Decedent”) and Defendant Ruth Pamphile married in 1984. Decedent was a participant in his employer’s group life insurance benefit plan. This life insurance policy was provided by Unicare Life & Health Insurance Company (“Plaintiff’) and is governed by the federal Employment Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). On November 1, 2001, the Pamphiles separated and Decedent initiated a divorce proceeding in Massachusetts Probate and Family Court.
At that time, the life insurance policy listed Ruth Pamphile as the sole beneficiary. When…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Boggs v. BoggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Pharmaceutical Care Management Ass'n v. RoweCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- 21 Employee Benefits Cas. 1341, Pens. Plan Guide (Cch) P 23937j Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Julie A. Marsh, Dana Lyn Weaver and James R. Marsh, IIICourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
- Mulloy v. Acushnet CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Rose Marie Wheaton, and Douglas Wheaton and Daniel WheatonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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