1. Whether the "Cat's Paw Doctrine" is applicable in this case when established claims procedures in an ERISA group insurance claim are not followed when disbursing death benefit claims?

2. Whether an ERISA group life insurance policy is a "Probate Asset" when there are no written contractual provisions in the policy to provide for a situation when there is no beneficiary on file, missing beneficiary, no designated/name beneficiary?

3. Whether an employer/sponsor breached their duties when they failed to properly maintain beneficiary records?

4. Whether an insurance carrier breached their duties when they applied unwritten contractual provisions in expediting a death benefit claim?

5. Whether the District Court and the Court of Appeals erred by upholding the fiduciaries determination that the death benefit claim in this case was properly processed within ERISA mandates?

6. Whether insurance fraud and fraud on the courts was committed?

Whether the 'Cat's Paw Doctrine' is applicable in this case