1st Circuit Upholds AD&D Denial Under Transferee Court’s Decisional Law

Mealey's (January 6, 2022, 1:28 PM EST) -- BOSTON — A First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Jan. 3 affirmed a Massachusetts federal court’s ruling upholding the denial of accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) benefits on the grounds that the insured had committed suicide, rejecting arguments that the transferor court’s decisional law should have applied and that the insurer’s determination was arbitrary, capricious or an abuse of discretion....