Legal Opinion

Williams v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance

District Court, D. Oregon

Decided February 22, 2016No. 3:15-cv-00589-HZPublished

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION & ORDER

HERNANDEZ, United States District Judge:

Plaintiff Randal Williams brings this action against Defendant Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (ERISA), challenging the termination of disability insurance benefits. Plaintiffs benefits were discontinued after two years when the policy required that he be disabled from “Any Occupation” instead of his “Regular Occupation.” Both parties move for summary judgment. I grant Plaintiffs motion and I deny Defendant’s motion.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff obtained…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. GlennSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  3. Abatie v. Alta Health & Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
  4. Conkright v. FrommertSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  5. Montour v. Hartford Life & Accident InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009

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