Legal Opinion
Blackshear v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 7, 2007No. 06-2126PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed by published opinion. Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge WILSON joined.
OPINION
TRAXLER, Circuit Judge:
Verdelle Blackshear appeals a decision of the district court awarding summary judgment to Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (“Reliance Standard”) and refusing to disturb the denial of Black-shear’s claim for benefits under a group life insurance policy. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.
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Reliance Standard issued a group life insurance policy to Duplin General Hospital that became effective on January 1, 2003. The group policy, which was…
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