VICKERS v. BOSTON MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 97-1949.

135 F.3d 179 (1998)

Cecile E. VICKERS, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Charles E. Vickers, Jr., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. BOSTON MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph C. Copeland with whom Copeland & Hession was on brief for appellant.

John A. Mavricos with whom Christopher, Hays, Wojcik & Mavricos was on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.


BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

In August, 1992, Charles E. Vickers, Jr., (Vickers), an employee insured under an ERISA, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., group policy covering, within limits, accidental death, was fatally injured in a one-car automobile crash in Arizona. Plaintiff executrix sued in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and was awarded the death benefit and attorney's...

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