Legal Opinion
Hightshue v. AIG Life Insurance
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided September 16, 1996No. Cause IP 95-0230-C M/SPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
McKINNEY, District Judge.
In the case at bar, Plaintiff Diana K. Hightshue (“Hightshue”) filed a claim for long term disability benefits in October of 1993. For various reasons, Defendant AIG Life Insurance Company (“AIG”) denied this claim. Hightshue then initiated the present litigation, alleging that, by denying her disability claim, AIG violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). This matter now pends before this Court on cross motions for summary judgment. For reasons set forth fully below, this Court now GRANTS…
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