Legal Opinion
Adams v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 19, 2000No. 98-8094PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Senior District Judge.
Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (“Reliance”) appeals a judgment in favor of plaintiff Mark Adams on Adams’ claim for breach of contract. At issue is the district court’s determination that Reliance misinterpreted the terms of a long term disability policy and thereby underpaid Adams on benefits due under the policy.
I
The first issue we must address is whether this case falls within the subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts. Throughout the lengthy history of this case, the parties and the district court apparently assumed the case arose under…
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