Legal Opinion
West v. Aetna Life Insurance
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided November 7, 2001No. C 99-4114-MWBPublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING TRIAL ON THE MERITS ON WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS
BENNETT, Chief Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION. 00 05 o
A. Findings Of Fact. 00 05 o
1. The crash. 00 05 o
2. Post-mortem analysis. 00 05 o
3. The beneñt plan. 00 05 » — I
4. Denial of West’s claim.. 00 05 ) — I
B. Procedural Background. 00 05 ^
II. LEGAL ANALYSIS. 00 Ü1
A. Review Of Benefits Determinations Under ERISA . OO ai
1. Deferential review. 00 05
a. Review of plan interpretation. 00 05
b. Review of factual determinations . 00 Oi
c. The deferential review applicable here. 00
i. “Interpretation” or “evaluation…
2Cases cited57 opinions
- Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Mary Jane Wickman v. Northwestern National Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- De Nobel v. Vitro Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- Landress v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Beverly D. Woo v. Deluxe Corp., Hartford Life Insurance Co., Doing Business as Itt Hartford, Inc., Sued as Hartford Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Alane King, as Conservator and Natural Parent of Amber Lynn Schanus v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
- LaAsmar v. Phelps Dodge Corp. Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment & Dependent Life Insurance PlanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2010
- Stamp v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
- Kovach v. Zurich American InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2009
- Lennon v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007
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