LaShondra Davis v. Aetna Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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…
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