United States Second Circuit

Benefits plan language that includes a reservation of rights clause within its health insurance description, but not within its life insurance description, and also describes life insurance benefits as a "lifetime" benefit, may provide a vested lifetime life insurance benefit.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/20/2001
• Decided 12/07/2001
• Published 12/10/2001

Judges

• F.I. PARKER, Circuit Judge., Before: JACOBS, F.I. PARKER, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alvin Green and Martin Seham, Seham, Seham, Meltz & Petersen, New York, NY, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gary H. Glaser, Seyfarth Shaw, New York, NY, for Appellee.