Todd v. AIG Life Insurance

WHITE, Associate Justice (Ret.):

This case, a suit for recovery of benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., involves the construction of an accidental death insurance policy and arises from the unfortunate death by asphyxiation of appellee’s husband. The insurer refused to pay the policy’s benefits after concluding that the death was not accidental. The district court granted summary judgment in appellee’s favor, finding that the loss resulted from an accident within the terms of the policy, holding that liability extended beyond…