Legal Opinion
Kishter v. Principal Life Insurance
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 20, 2002No. 00 CIV. 0013(MBM)PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MUKASEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff Lenard Kishter is the executor of Alice Russell’s estate, as well as the trustee of a trust set up by Russell to receive benefits from life insurance policies provided by her employer. Kishter sues under section 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (1994 & Supp. V 1999), and also under state law, alleging that Russell’s insurance carrier, Principal Life Insurance Company (“Principal”), wrongfully denied her estate life insurance benefits, and that her employer, Lamalie Associates, Inc. (“LAI”),…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendonSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Varity Corp. v. HoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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