Summary: The Plaintiff filed a complaint for the wrongful denial of benefits under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act. Each party brought a motion for summary judgment. The Court granted the Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and denied the Defendant’s motion for summary judgment. The Court found that under a de novo review of the life insurance policies, the effective date of the retirement benefits at issue was October 20, 2006. Therefore, the Plaintiff’s husband died within the conversion period of the life insurance policies and the Plaintiff is entitled to the life insurance benefits.
Case Name: Gravalin v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance
Case Number: 3-07-cv-71
Docket Number: 29
Date Filed: 1/13/09
Nature of Suit: 110
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION
Donna Gravalin,
Reliance Standard Life Insurance,
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) ) ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S ) MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ) AND DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION ) FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ) ) Case No. 3:07-cv-71 ) ) ) |