Legal Opinion

LaShondra Davis v. Aetna Life Insurance Company

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 14, 2017No. 16-10895UnpublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM: *

Lashondra Davis appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Aetna Life Insurance Company. The district court held that Aetna did not abuse its discretion under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), in denying Davis ■ long-term disability (LTD) benefits. We agree with the district court that Aetna’s decision to terminate Davis’s benefits .did not constitute an abuse of discretion and therefore AFFIRM.

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Between October 2005 and April 2010, Davis worked at Experian Information Systems, Inc. as a customer support…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. District of Columbia v. HellerSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  3. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. GlennSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  4. Black & Decker Disability Plan v. NordSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  5. Ballard v. BurtonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006

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