Legal Opinion
Schexnayder v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 16, 2010No. 08-30538PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRADO, Circuit Judge:
Kelvin Schexnayder sued Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company (“Hartford”) under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), Pub.L. No. 93-406, 88 Stat. 829. Schexnayder asserted that Hartford wrongly denied him disability benefits. The district court granted summary judgment to Schexnayder, holding that Hartford abused its discretion in denying Schexnayder’s claim. In addition, the district court granted Schexnayder attorneys’ fees. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM the district court’s order granting summary judgment to Schexnayder, but…
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