5th Circuit Affirms Ruling In ERISA Row Over AD&D Benefits, Flight Exclusion

(July 28, 2023, 3:25 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Affirming summary judgment in an accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) dispute involving a flight exclusion, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel said in a per curiam unpublished opinion that the exclusion is unambiguous and that the underwriter was vested with discretionary authority and did not abuse its discretion in interpreting the exclusion....