Heller v. Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Welfare Plan

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

At issue in this case is the plaintiff Edward Heller’s (“Heller”) 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B) claim that the defendants CapGemini U.S. LLC (“CapGemini”) and American International Life Assurance Company of New York (“American”) wrongfully denied him accidental death benefits under the ERISA-governed insurance policy of his now deceased wife, a former employee of CapGemini. American denied Heller benefits because his wife was no longer employed by CapGemini at the time of her death and therefore not covered under the unambiguous terms of the…