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Collette Campbell v. We Transport, Inc., et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 20-1289 · judgment May 14, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether the “Cat’s Paw Doctrine” is applicable in this case when established claims procedures in an ERISA group insurance claim are not followed when disbursing death benefit claims?
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Whether an ERISA group life insurance policy is a” Probate Asset” when there are no written contractual provisions in the policy to provide for a situation when there is no beneficiary on file, missing beneficiary, no designated/name beneficiary?
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Whether an employer/sponsor breached their duties when they failed to properly maintain beneficiary records?
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Whether an insurance carrier breached their duties when they applied unwritten contractual provisions in expediting a death benefit claim?
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Whether the District Court and the Court of Appeals erred by upholding the fiduciaries determi nation that the death benefit claim in this case was properly processed within ERISA mandates?
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Whether insurance fraud and fraud on the courts was committed?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Collette Campbell
For respondent
Michael H. Bernstein
Robinson & Cole LL P
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 18 2022Petition DENIED.
- Dec 29 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022.
- Dec 13 2021Brief of respondents We Transport, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
- Oct 05 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 13, 2021)