Smith v. Continental Casualty Co.

OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM S. DUFFEY, Jr., District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Gregory D. Smith’s Motion for Summary Judgment [21] and Defendants Continental Casualty Company (“Continental”) and The Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company’s (“Hartford,”) (collectively, “Defendants”) Motion for Summary Judgment. [22],

I. INTRODUCTION

This ease raises three interesting questions of interpretation regarding an ERISA benefits plan. The case involves Gregory D. Smith, (“Smith”) an employee covered under the plan at issue who suffered from degenerative disc disease and a…