Armstrong
Armstrong v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance
Opinion
Lead Opinion
England, J.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
On August 27, 2012, Plaintiff Stéve Ira Armstrong (“Plaintiff’) filed a Complaint pursuant to Section 502(a) of the. Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). ECF No. 1. Presently before the Court is Defendant Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Company’s (“Defendant”) Motion for Summary Judgment (“Motion”) on the grounds that Plaintiffs action is barred by a three-year contractual limitations period. ECF No. 13. Plaintiff opposes Defendant’s Motion. ECF No. 31. For the following reasons, Defendant’s Motion is GRANTED.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff seeks payment of $250,000 in benefits under an ERISA-governed accidental death and dismemberment (“AD & D”) policy (the “Policy”) issued by Defendant to the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (“CCPOA”) Benefit Trust Fund as part of a welfare benefit plan. Compl., ECF No. 1. Plaintiffs wife, Helen Armstrong (“Decedent”), participated in the plan as a dues-paying member of the CCPOA. ECF No. 10 at 2. Plaintiff was designated as the beneficiary under the Policy. Pl.’s Responses, ECF No. 31-2 ¶ 3. Decedent died on December 7, 2007. Id. ¶ 4. Plaintiff initiated the instant lawsuit on August 27,…