Policy Beneficiary Met Burden Of Proving Death Was Accidental

(June 1, 2020, 8:53 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on May 18 granted a life insurance policy beneficiary’s motion for summary judgment on a breach of contract claim after determining that the beneficiary met her burden of proving that the insured’s death was accidental; however, the judge denied the beneficiary’s motion on the claims for bad faith and financial elder abuse after determining that the life insurer’s coverage denial was not unreasonable (Gladys Interiano v. Colonial Life and Accident Insurance Co., No. 19-1834, C.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87981)....