Legal Opinion
Willis Hope White v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 19, 1997No. 96-1695PublishedCited by 271 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge "WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge HAMILTON and Judge MOTZ joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Chief Judge:
Willis White sued Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, seeking a declaration that he was entitled to life insurance benefits under both a group policy and an individual conversion policy issued to White by Provident. The district court granted Provident summary judgment, and White appeals. Because the group policy and the right of conversion are governed by ERISA and because their plain terms prohibit White from recovering life…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Richard C. Glass, of the Estate of Execr Maxwell C. Hostetter, Jr., Margaret Hostetter v. United of Omaha Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Mimbs v. Commercial Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1993
- Rasmussen v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1987
- Vaughn v. Owen Steel Co., Inc.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1994
- Beal v. Jefferson-Pilot Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1992
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