Keszenheimer v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance

In this case we must decide whether a plan administrator properly interpreted an insurance policy to exclude from the disability benefit calculation an employee’s offshore per diem and automobile allowance. The district court held that the administrator’s interpretation was in error. We reverse and render judgment.

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Edward P. Keszenheimer, Jr., filed a pro se complaint for damages against Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (“Reliance”) and Weatherford International pursuant in part to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 1 alleging that he was covered by a…