Panel: ERISA-Governed Life Insurance Policies Exclude Cause Of Death

Mealey's (May 1, 2019, 1:07 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A reasonable person would interpret a man’s cause of death of autoerotic asphyxiation to be an “intentionally self-inflicted injury” under life insurance policies governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, a majority of the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held April 29, reversing a lower court (LeTran Tran v. Minnesota Life Insurance Co., No. 18-1723, 7th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 12895)....