Legal Opinion
Henkin v. Northrop Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 10, 1990No. 89-55683PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALLISTER, District Judge:
In this action brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 to 1461 (1988), we must review the interpretation of two insurance policies. The insured, Harold Henkin, was covered by two group accidental death policies issued pursuant to his employment. Henkin died thirty-one days after he was fired from that employment. The plan administrators denied coverage, and his widow, Marilyn Henkin, brought this suit to overturn their ruling. The district court granted the plan administrators’ motions for summary judgment and…
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- Theodore Kanne and Beatriz Kanne v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and Harlow Carpets, Inc., Theodore Kanne and Beatriz Kanne v. Connecticut General Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Tingey v. Pixley-Richards West, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Karen Varta BABIKIAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. the PAUL REVERE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Plumb v. Fluid Pump Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
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