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PADFIELD v. AIG LIFE INS. CO.

No. 00-57054.

290 F.3d 1121 (2002)

Jorita PADFIELD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AIG LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 17, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Fleishman, Beverly Hills, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Huey P. Cotton and Rickee S. Stewart, Cozen & Cotton, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: LEAVY, T.G. NELSON and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.

This suit for recovery of benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., arises from the death of appellant's husband as a result of autoerotic asphyxiation. The insurer refused to pay benefits under an accidental injury and death insurance policy governed by ERISA. The district court held that the death was caused by an intentionally self-inflicted injury, and thus was...

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