Ness v. Aetna Life Insurance Co.
District Court, M.D. Florida
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Charlene Edwards Honeywell, United States District Judge
This matter comes before the Court upon Defendant Aetna Life Insurance Company’s (“Aetna”) Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 32). In the motion, Aetna contends that summary judgment should be entered because the decision to terminate long term disability benefits was not wrong. In the alternative, Aetna contends that summary judgment should be entered *1283even if the decision was wrong because the decision had a reasonable basis, and therefore, it was not arbitrary and capricious. Plaintiff Melinda Ness (“Plaintiff’ or “Ness”) filed a…
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