Legal Opinion
Eileen Moon, Individually and as of the Estate of R. Byron Moon, Cross-Appellant v. American Home Assurance Company, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 29, 1989No. 88-8566PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Chief Judge:
Robert Byron Moon was killed in an airplane crash. Eileen Moon, his widow and executrix, brought this action for accidental death benefits under a group travel accident insurance policy issued by American Home Assurance Company. The district court granted summary judgment for plaintiff. The American Home Assurance Company asserts two grounds of error:(1) The trial court failed to apply an ERISA standard of review to American Home’s denial of benefits, the policy having been issued pursuant to an employer’s plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Dependahl v. Falstaff Brewing Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Joan C. Burnham, Etc. v. The Guardian Life Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Gaynell Boyd v. Trustees of the United Mine Workers Health & Retirement FundsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by107 opinions
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- Jim L. Woolsey v. Marion Laboratories, Inc. Marion Laboratories, Inc., Profit Sharing PlanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
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