Legal Opinion
Douglas Y. Tester, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Annie Ruth Tester, Deceased v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 25, 2000No. 97-1589PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WIDENER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS and Judge MICHAEL joined.
OPINION
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
Defendant, Reliance Life Insurance Co. (Reliance), appeals the district court’s judgment awarding death benefits to plaintiff, Douglas Tester. Mr. Tester, as a personal representative of the estate of his wife Annie Ruth Tester, filed this complaint in district court alleging that Reliance improperly withheld death benefits due him in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. The first cause of action…
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