Legal Opinion
Reliance Standard Life Insurance v. Lyons
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided February 22, 2011No. 3:09-mc-00158PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
THERESA L. SPRINGMANN, District Judge.
This dispute is over the life insurance benefits payable under three group life insurance policies upon the death of John F. Lyons, a former partner with the law firm of Barrett & McNagny LLP (Barrett & McNagny). These group life insurance policies are employee welfare benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. Mr. Lyons had designated Cynthia K. Lyons (his wife) and John E. Lyons and Michael B. Lyons (his sons) (collectively “the Lyons parties”) as beneficiaries of the…
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