Lawyers USA Online Your Business Partner

Home / Practice Areas / Business and Civil Practice / Drunk-driving crash is ‘accident’ under ERISA plan

Drunk-driving crash is ‘accident’ under ERISA plan

By: Pat Murphy May 29, 2013 Comments Off on Drunk-driving crash is ‘accident’ under ERISA plan

An alcohol-related automobile crash qualifies as an "accident" under an accidental death and dismemberment plan governed by ERISA, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing judgment.

Lawyers USA has ceased publication. If you have purchased a research pass or still have additional time on your current Digital Subscription, you may access locked stories by logging in.

Tagged with: accidental death benefits drunk driving ERISA

Other publications that may be of interest:

About

Contact

Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news. Print and digital delivery. Publisher of Maryland Family Law Monthly.

Free daily email alert

About

Contact

Print and digital decisions issued by all the state and federal courts in Massachusetts, as well as changes to court rules, verdict & settlement reports, bar-discipline notices and all other news vital to attorneys in the commonwealth.

Free daily email alert

About

Contact

Print and digtal court opinions, verdicts, settlements, appellate decisions, and legal news to enhance the practice of law in Michigan.

Free daily email alert

About

Contact

Dedicated to providing court opinions, verdicts, settlements, appellate decisions, and legal news to enhance the practice of law in Minnesota. Print and digital subscriptions are available to attorneys / legal professionals.

Free daily email alert

About

Contact

Print and digital legal news, court opinions, verdicts and settlements, foreclosures, and public notices in Missouri.

Free daily email alert

About

Contact

Western New York's source for legal news, real estate news, business news, and public notice / foreclosure information. Print and digital information on local courts, business formations, area foreclosures, property transactions, and more.

Free daily email alert

About

Contact

Print and digital legal news, daily court opinions, verdicts and settlements, and hard-to-find resources for the North Carolina legal community.

Free daily email alert

About

Contact

Print and digital decisions issued by all the state and federal courts in Rhode Island, as well as changes to court rules, verdict and settlement reports, disciplinary notices and all other news vital to attorneys in the state.

Free daily email alert

About

Contact

Print and digital legal news, daily court opinions, verdicts and settlements, and hard-to-find resources for the South Carolina legal community.

Free daily email alert

About

Contact

Print and digital legal news, digests of court cases, full-text opinions, verdicts and settlements, dedicated to making law practice in Virginia easier, more efficient and more profitable.

Free daily email alert

About

Contact

Dedicated to providing court opinions, verdicts, settlements, appellate decisions, and legal news to give lawyers information essential to the practice of law in Wisconsin. Print and digital subscriptions are available to attorneys / legal professionals."

Free daily email alert

Drunk-driving crash is ‘accident’ under ERISA plan

Related Articles

Cigna agrees to $35M settlement in 401(k) lawsuit

Life insurer couldn’t deny benefits based on trucker’s use of meth

‘Prudence’ presumption didn’t bar ERISA class action