Here is a strange case from the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. It is a 2020 opinion styled, Pruco Life Insurance Company v. Blanca Monica Villarreal, Transamerica Life Insurance Company v. Blanca Monica Villarreal. This is a hard fought dispute over a large life insurance policy and discovery being…
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) offers many of the same types of insurance coverage for individuals as other plans. The distinctions with ERISA is that the plan is a plan for employers to offer to employees that is set and governed by Federal Law rather than…
Well, here is a case where the claim isn’t denied. In fact it was paid. But now the insurance company is suing the person who received the money and seeking to have the money returned. The opinion is a 2020 opinion from the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division,…
When Life Insurance claims are denied, a beneficiary should always have an insurance attorney look over the reasons for denial. Most the time an experienced life insurance lawyer can find a way to make a recovery on the case. But, sometimes it doesn’t work out. An opinion form the Southern…
Here is a life insurance denial case that is a bit confusing at the least. The opinion is a 2020, opinion from the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division. It is styled, Tina M. Hale, as next of kin of Michael Hale, Deceased v. Assurity Life Insurance Company. On…
Here is a life insurance case which is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The opinion is from the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. It is styled, Heidi Ballard v. Lincoln Life Assurance Company of Boston. The deceased had an accidental death life insurance policy which…
Most life insurance policies have a section / rider that allows for an acceleration of the life insurance benefits. It is also a source of litigation because the life insurance companies have a strong tendency to deny claims made for these benefits. Insure.com published an article on this subject in…
This case is a dispute over who is entitled to the life insurance proceeds. The case is from the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, and is styled, John Hancock Life Insurance Company v. Marilyn J. Greer, Individually, As Independent Executor of The Estate of Marilyn B. Greer, and As…
Here is a case arising out of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) which involves life insurance. The case is from the Northern District of Texas, Lubbock Division. It is styled, Elizabeth Hernandez v. Unum Group v. Sara Hernandez and Jose Hernandez. The basic Facts are that Xavier Hernandez…
Life insurance claims which are denied, often end up being litigated in Federal Court and thus, have to be analyzed differently than when in State Court. Here is a case from the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, which illustrates why an experienced insurance law attorney is needed. The opinion…