Legal Opinion

Hand v. Stevens Transport, Inc. Employee Benefit Plan

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided July 23, 2002No. 05-01-01386-CVPublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion By Justice FARRIS.

In three issues, Jean and Howard Hand (the Hands) appeal the trial court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing as time-barred their claims for health care benefits under an insurance policy provided by the Stevens Transport, Inc. Employee Benefit Plan (the Plan) and denial of their motion for summary judgment seeking the payment of benefits from the Plan. In their first two points of error, the Hands contend the trial court erred in granting the Plan’s motion for summary judgment because (1) the enforcement of the Plan’s contractual limitations period to bar…

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