Legal Opinion
Wirries v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 10, 2007No. 05-35941PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (“Reliance”) appeals from the district court’s judgment reversing the plan administrator’s decision to terminate Dama L. Wirries’s long term disability benefits under a group insurance policy (the “Policy”). We affirm.
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Reliance contends that “[t]he change in the district court’s opinion regarding the reasonableness of the denial of benefits is inconsistent with the law of the case doctrine.” We review' a district court’s failure to apply the law of the case doctrine for abuse of discretion. Cont’l Ins. Co. v. Fed. Express Corp., 454 F.3d…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Abatie v. Alta Health & Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- Mary Anne Bendixen v. Standard Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Continental Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Federal Express Corporation, a Corporation, Continental Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Federal Express Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- Wirries v. Reliance Standard Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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