MATSCHINER v. HARTFORD LIFE AND ACC. INS. CO.

No. 09-3576.

622 F.3d 885 (2010)

Katherine MATSCHINER; Kristina Matschiner, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor, Amicus on Behalf of Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 7, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric C. Tostrud , argued, David D. Leishman , on the brief, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Jamila Minnicks , argued, Nathaniel Spiller , on the brief, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC, for the Amicus on behalf of the appellant, the Secretary of Labor.

Clifford Lee , argued, Wayne S. Rasmussen , on the brief, Omaha, NE, for appellees.

Before LOKEN, ARNOLD, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

In 1991, RoJane Lewis obtained life insurance under a group policy issued by Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company to her employer, Inacom Corporation. She submitted a beneficiary designation form granting sixty percent of the death benefit to her husband, Alan Lewis, and twenty percent to each of her daughters, Katherine and Kristina Matschiner. RoJane died in April 2005. When Hartford located the designated beneficiaries in June 2007...

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