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14-3401 Huang v. Life Insurance Company of North America , appealed from the Eastern District of Missouri, Melloy, J.

Insurance – Life Insurance Policy; Denial of Benefits; Cancer Diagnosis

 

Where plaintiff challenged the denial of benefits by her deceased husband’s ERISA plan administrator, the district court did not err in holding that the husband breached a requirement in the application by failing to notify the administrator of a cancer diagnosis that he received after applying for a life insurance policy but before the policy issued because the administrator exercised its discretion and interpreted the plan consistently with the statutory language. Judgment is affirmed.

 

14-3401 Huang v. Life Insurance Company of North America , appealed from the Eastern District of Missouri, Melloy, J.


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