Insured Parents Urge High Court To Review Issue Of Ambiguity In ERISA Policy

(January 29, 2020, 1:14 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Jan. 14 petition for writ of certiorari, insured parents urge the U.S. Supreme Court to review the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ decision in favor of a life insurer to address the issue of whether insurers that issue policies governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act have a duty to draft unambiguous policies pursuant to the doctrine of contra proferentem (Rick and Sonya Caldwell v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 19-884, U.S. Sup.)....

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