Legal Opinion
Vilma Lissette Vega Jose Vega v. National Life Insurance Services, Inc., Pan-American Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 1, 1999No. 97-20645PublishedCited by 314 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a denial of health benefits claimed by Jose Vega and his wife, Vilma Vega, under a health benefits plan they established for themselves and the employees of their business, the Corona Paint & Body Shop, Inc. (“Corona”). The Vegas sued the insurance companies responsible for insuring and maintaining the plan, Pan-American Life Insurance Co. (“Pan-American”) and National Life Insurance Services, Inc. (“National Life”) — a subsidiary of Pan-American. The district court granted summary judgment for the insurance companies, relying in part on its…
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