Legal Opinion
Cehovic-Dixneuf v. Wong
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 11, 2018No. 17-1532PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hamilton, Circuit Judge.
The federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) requires administrators of employee benefit plans to comply with the documents that control the plans. 29 U.S.C. § 1104(a)(1)(D). In the case of life insurance policies, that means death benefits are paid to the beneficiary designated in the policy, notwithstanding equitable arguments or claims that others might assert.
In this case, the deceased employee was Georges Cehovic, whose employer offered its employees an insurance benefit plan through ReliaStar Life Insurance Company. Georges had two policies…
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