Clara Parkman v. Prudential Insurance Company of America Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

Clara Parkman appeals the district court’s 1 decision granting summary judgment to Prudential Insurance Company of America (“Prudential”) and Armstrong World Industries (“Armstrong”). Parkman argues, inter alia, that the district court erred when it concluded Prudential properly denied her benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132. We affirm.

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Parkman worked for Armstrong in a medium duty job. During 2002, Parkman saw Kenneth Purvis, M.D., a number of times. Dr. Purvis diagnosed Parkman with “a trigger thumb” and tennis elbow. On December 23, 2002,…