Legal Opinion
Hanna v. United of Omaha Life Insurance
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided April 1, 2008No. 4:07-cv-00038-JEGPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JAMES E. GRITZNER, District Judge.
Plaintiff Patricia Hanna (Hanna) seeks judicial review of an appeal from the denial of accidental death benefits by Defendant United of Omaha Life Insurance Company (United of Omaha) under an ERISA plan. This Court reviews the plan administrator’s decision pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B). Plaintiff is represented by her counsel Dennis F. Chalupa. Counsel for the Defendant is Kermit B. Anderson. The matter is submitted without oral argument on the administrative record and the briefs of the parties.
I. BACKGROUND
The decedent, Brian K. Winchell…
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