9th Circuit Partly Revives ERISA Life Insurance Case Involving Divorce

(September 16, 2024, 2:14 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — Issuing an unpublished memorandum disposition in a group life insurance benefit plan case involving divorce and death, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed dismissal of Employee Retirement Income Security Act claims against the plan issuer but partly reversed and remanded as to dismissal of a fiduciary breach claim against the plan sponsor and the committee that served as the plan’s administrator....