MINISTERI v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE CO.

No. 21-1651, No. 21-1652.

42 F.4th 14 (2022)

Renee MINISTERI, Personal Representative of the Estate of Anthony Ministeri, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, Appellant. Renee Ministeri, Personal Representative of the Estate of Anthony Ministeri, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 25, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Bachrach , with whom Kara Thorvaldsen and Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP were on brief, for defendant.

Teresa A. Monroe , with whom Monroe Law LLP, Eugene F. Sullivan, Jr. , Richard J. Sullivan , and Sullivan & Sullivan, LLP were on brief, for plaintiff.

Before Barron, Chief Judge, Selya and Howard, Circuit Judges.


It is common ground that ambiguities in an insurance policy — particularly ambiguities in an insurance policy issued as part of an employee benefit plan and, thus, within the protective carapace of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 — must ordinarily be...

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