Willis Hope White v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company

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• holding that “the federal common law under ERISA . . . does not incorporate the principles of waiver and estoppel’’
• holding that “the federal common law under ERISA ... does not incorporate the principles of waiver and estoppel.... ERISA, however, does not provide for such unwritten modifications of ERISA plans.”
• stating that federal common law under ERISA does not incorporate the principles of waiver and estoppel
• the right of conversion of a life insurance policy is a benefit required by ERISA
• Plaintiff cannot “rely on the federal common law under ERISA, which does not incorporate the principles of waiver and estoppel.”
• “[F]ederal common law under ERISA . . . does not incorporate the principles of waiver and estoppel. . . . ERISA . . . does not provide for such unwritten modifications of ERISA plans.”

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