8th Circuit Reverses ERISA Fiduciary Breach Dismissal In Life Insurance Row

Mealey's (January 7, 2022, 9:10 AM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — An Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Jan. 5 reversed a Missouri federal court’s dismissal of a case only as to a claim for breach of fiduciary duty, saying that the lower court had failed to give the beneficiary the benefit of “reasonable inferences” in the dispute over life insurance benefits....