6th Circuit Panel Affirms Judgment In ERISA Case Against Life Insurer

(September 29, 2016, 1:02 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 14 said an Ohio federal judge properly grant summary judgment to the beneficiary of an insured on the merits of his Employee Retirement Income Security Act claim against a life insurance company because the insurer acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying his claim (Lloyd Brown III v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Co., et al., No. 15-4293, 6th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 17021)....