Chinea v. Continental Casualty Co.

OPINION AND ORDER

DOMINGUEZ, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This ERISA dispute arises from the disappearance of Orlando Canales on July 24, 1986. Plaintiffs are the named beneficiaries of a life insurance policy that was in effect when Canales disappeared and Defendants are the underwriters of said policy. The issue is whether or not Defendants correctly denied Plaintiffs’ insurance claim on the basis that Plaintiffs failed to establish Canales’s accidental death. The court holds that Defendants erred in denying Plaintiffs’ claim and that Plaintiffs are entitled to collect the principal sum…