United States Sixth Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, seeking benefits from an insurance policy in an employee benefits plan, is reversed where, in denying plaintiff's claim for benefits, defendant-insurance company applied an arbitrary-and-capricious definition of the term "accident."

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/29/2004
• Published 09/29/2004

Judges

• Before:  MOORE and COLE, Circuit Judges;  MARBLEY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barbara H. Goldman (argued and briefed), Sheldon L. Miller & Assoc., Southfield, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Timothy K. McConaghy, David M. Davis (briefed), Mark D. Filak (argued), Kay R. Butler (briefed), Hardy, Lewis & Page, Birmingham, MI, for Defendants-Appellees.