Santos v. Minnesota Life Insurance Company
Case Details
- Nature of Suit — the legal category of the dispute
- 791 Labor: E.R.I.S.A.
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Unknown
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- summary judgment
- State
- California
- Circuit
- Ninth Circuit
Related Laws
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Claim Types
Outcome
Plaintiff Eva Marie Santos, administrator of the estate of Samuel Chong, prevailed in her ERISA claim for accidental death and dismemberment benefits. The court granted her motion for judgment and found that Chong's death from blunt force head trauma qualified as an accidental injury under the policy, despite the presence of methamphetamine in his system, because the drug exclusion did not apply to non-prescribed controlled substances.
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