Here is another case for life insurance lawyers to read and make part of their knowledge of life insurance cases involving ERISA. The case is from the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. The case style is, Stephanie Taylor v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. This ERISA life insurance case was…
The Law Office of Mark S. Humphreys, P.C. is pleased to announce a settlement in a life insurance dispute between Mark’s client and the wife of a lady who killed her husband, claiming the killing was self-defense. Mark’s client was the daughter of the deceased husband and the secondary beneficiary…
How does Federal law work with the Texas Slayer Statute, Texas Insurance Code, Section 1103.151? This question is answered in the 1992, Fifth Circuit opinion styled, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. White. This is a summary judgement case. Terri Yohey was the named insured under a group life insurance policy…
What happens when the named beneficiary on a life insurance policy intentionally causes the death of the insured? That was the question in this case from the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division, opinion styled, Garrett Bean and Aneila Bean v. Minerva Alcorta. Plaintiff’s father,Garry, has a $130,000 life…
The Law Office of Mark Humphreys, P.C., is pleased to announce the settlement of a life insurance case wherein the life insurance company recognized they owed the policy benefits but was unsure who was entitled to the money. In this case, the deceased had named his wife as the primary…
Life insurance claims that are denied for missed payments of premiums is pretty common. This issue was discussed in a Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, opinion styled, Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company v. Ashley E. Parker, et al. Robert Parker applied for a whole life policy with Colonial on…
The Law Office of Mark S. Humphreys, P.C., recently got a surprise for his client when contesting an ERISA life insurance claim. The insured worked in Louisiana and had a life insurance policy through his employer. The insured was not married and did not have any children. Thus, the insured…
Here is a life insurance case that involves a plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). It is a 2018, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals case styled, Jason Crawford v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. This is a summary judgment case granted in favor of MetLife. This Court sustained…
Life Insurance cases can have a surprising number of twists to them. Readers of the DallasFortWorthInsuranceBlog have seen some of these various twists. The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division, issued an opinion in a case styled, Reliastar Life Insurance v. Trina R. Wiemer, Laura R. Weimer,…
This 2018, Fort Worth Court of Appeals opinion is unique and involves a situation most life insurance lawyers will not ever see, however, it is worth knowing about due to some of the ruling by the appeals court. The case is styled, Old American Insurance Company v. Lincoln Factoring, LLC.…