Mary Jane Wickman v. Northwestern National Insurance Company

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 1990-07-20

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ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judge. This appeal calls upon us to examine the emerging jurisprudence of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ( 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.), and presents a question of first impression under the Act concerning the interpretation of life insurance contracts. The issue arises out of the beneficiary’s claim…

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