4th Circuit: No Accidental Death Benefits Following Pulmonary Embolism

Mealey's (September 6, 2018, 2:35 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel in an unpublished per curiam opinion issued Sept. 4 affirmed the denial of accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) benefits under an Employee Retirement Income Security Act employee benefit plan, ruling that the death from a pulmonary embolism was not an accident (Linda Grabowski v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Company, No. 17-2108, 4th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 25039)....