8th Circuit: Death Benefits Denial For ‘Crime’ Of Speeding Didn’t Abuse Discretion

Mealey's (April 12, 2021, 8:16 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 5 ruled that a claims administrator that denied accidental death benefits in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act plan on the grounds of a “crime” exclusion because the insured was speeding and passing improperly relied on substantial evidence and did not abuse its discretion, reversing and remanding a Missouri district court’s summary judgment in favor of the beneficiary....