Krishna v. Life Ins Company

  1. July 24, 2023

    5th Circ. Rules Life Insurer's Flight Exclusion Was Clear

    A life insurer's coverage exclusion for noncommercial flights applies to a woman's $1.8 million claim for her husband's plane crash death, a Fifth Circuit panel affirmed, finding that the structure of the policy language was written clearly enough.

  2. December 05, 2022

    Life Insurer Can't Use Unclear Flight Exclusion, 5th Circ. Told

    The widow of a man who died in a plane crash urged the Fifth Circuit to overturn a ruling that she's not entitled to $1.8 million under her husband's employer-sponsored life insurance policy, arguing an insurer can't rely on a "poorly written" exclusion for noncommercial flights.