Legal Opinion

Rosemary R. Richards v. Hartford Life & Accident

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided November 3, 2005No. 05-10083; D.C. Docket 03-81066-CV-KLRUnpublishedCited by 11 opinions

Non-Argument Calendar.

1Per curiam

Plaintiff Rosemary Richards appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment against her claim for long term disability benefits brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001. No reversible error has been shown; we affirm.

Plaintiff, who has a long history of intermittent pain, was employed as a Title Examiner by Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (“Fidelity”) from April 1999 through October 2002. Fidelity maintained an ERISA welfare benefit plan (“the Policy”) administered by Hartford. Plaintiff applied for and was granted short term disability…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Marcia Williams v. BellSouth TelecommunicationsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
  2. Kevin L. Lee v. Blue Cross/blue Shield of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
  3. 22 Employee Benefits Cas. 1467, 23 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C 1397 Frances W. Horton, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Frances W. Horton, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
  4. Lopes v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
  5. Richards v. Hartford Life and Accident Ins. Co.District Court, S.D. Florida · 2004

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Pylant v. Hartford Life & Accident InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
  2. Anderson v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 2006
  3. Bloom v. Hartford Life & Accident InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 2013
  4. Richey v. Hartford Life & Accident InsuranceDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 2009
  5. Howard v. Hartford Life & Accident InsuranceDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 2013

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