Legal Opinion
Gerald W. Jennings v. Billie J. Jennings
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1997No. 96-2321, 96-2342PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BOGUE, Senior District Judge.
The underlying action in this appeal is one for the recovery of accidental death benefits brought pursuant to the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), codified at 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. Plaintiff, Gerald W. Jennings (“Mr. Jennings”), originally filed this suit in Arkansas state court seeking life insurance benefits and accidental death benefits pursuant to the death of his son, who was also named Gerald Jennings and will hereafter be referred to as “decedent.”
In his complaint, Mr. Jennings named: (1) Whirlpool Corporation, decedent’s employer and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In the Matter of the Estate of Irwin Leon Wade, by W. Lawrence Oliver v. The Continental Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Lincoln Income Life Insurance v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1959
- Aetna Life Insurance v. LemaySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1951
- General American Life Insurance Company v. Joan PriestCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
- Mutual of Omaha v. GeorgeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1968
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Gerald W. Jennings v. Billie J. Jennings Whirlpool Corporation, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Commercial Life Insurance Company, Gerald W. Jennings v. Billie J. Jennings, Whirlpool Corporation, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Commercial Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997