Howard v. National Educ. Ass'n of New York

MEMORANDUM-DECISION and ORDER

McAVOY, Chief Judge.

This ease concerns a dispute over benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. Specifically, the dispute involves the construction of the term “accidental” in an accidental death insurance policy and arises from the death of Plaintiffs husband^ Defendant Hartford Life Insurance Company (“Hartford Life”) declined to pay the policy’s benefits after concluding that the death was not accidental.

Plaintiff Carole Howard originally filed this action in New York State Supreme Court, Broome County, but…