U.S. High Court Won’t Hear Case On ERISA Life Insurance Policy Ambiguity

Mealey's (March 23, 2020, 12:57 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 23 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by insured parents seeking review of 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.)....