Tran v. Minnesota Life Insurance Company

Filing 18

MOTION by Defendant Minnesota Life Insurance Company for judgment , Minnesota Life Insurance Company's Motion for Entry of Judgment (Herring, Jacqueline)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION
LETRAN TRAN,
Plaintiff
v.
MINNESOTA LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY,
Defendant

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Case No. 1:17-cv-00450
Judge Robert M. Dow Jr.
Magistrate Judge Sidney I. Schenkier

MINNESOTA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY’S
MOTION FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT
Defendant, MINNESOTA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (“Minnesota Life”), by its
attorney, Jacqueline J. Herring of Smith, von Schleicher & Associates, submits its Motion for
Entry of Judgment, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 52(a), or alternatively Fed. R. Civ. P. 56:
1.

Plaintiff LeTran Tran seeks payment of Accidental Death and Dismemberment

(“AD&D”) benefits under an employee welfare benefit plan (“Plan”) established by AbbVie Inc.
and governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §1001 et seq.
(“ERISA”). Minnesota Life is the Plan’s life insurer.
2.

Plaintiff failed to satisfy her burden to establish AD&D coverage under the Plan

for the death of Linno Llenos.
3.

The Plan’s exclusions for “self-inflicted injury” exclude AD&D coverage for

Linno Llenos’s death.
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Accordingly, judgment should be entered in favor of Minnesota Life and against

Plaintiff.
WHEREFORE, defendant, MINNESOTA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, respectfully
requests that the Court enter judgment in favor of Minnesota Life pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P.

52(a), or alternatively Fed. R. Civ. P. 56, and award Minnesota Life its attorneys’ fees and costs
pursuant to 29 U.S.C. §1132(g) and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Respectfully submitted,

Jacqueline J. Herring (IL- 6282246)
SMITH | VON SCHLEICHER + ASSOCIATES
180 N. LaSalle St. Suite 3130
Chicago, Illinois 60601
P 312.541.0300 | F 312.541.0933
[e-mail]

By: /s/ Jacqueline J. Herring
Attorney for Defendant,
Minnesota Life Insurance Company

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on June 1, 2017, I electronically filed the foregoing using the CM/ECF
system, which will send notification of such filing on the following attorney(s) of record:
Jeffrey S. Deutschman
Bradley A. Skafish
Deutschman & Associates, P.C.
77 W. Washington Street, Suite 1525
Chicago, Illinois 60602
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

/s/ Jacqueline J. Herring
SMITH | VON SCHLEICHER + ASSOCIATES
180 N. LaSalle St. Suite 3130
Chicago, Illinois 60601
P 312.541.0300 | F 312.541.0933
[e-mail]
Illinois Bar No. 6282246

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