Mealey's (March 8, 2018, 11:51 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois on March 5 ruled that a man’s widow should receive $60,000 in accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) benefits from her husband’s group policy, which is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, finding that his death from cerebral hypoxia caused by autoerotic asphyxiation was accidental because it was unexpected and unforeseen (Letran Tran v. Minnesota Life Insurance Co., No. 17-cv-450, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35570)....