Jo Ann Johnson v. State Mutual Life Assurance Co. Of America

942 F.2d 1260

14 Employee Benefits Cas. 1305

Jo Ann JOHNSON, Appellant,

v.

STATE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA, Appellee.

No. 90-1971.

United States Court of Appeals,

Eighth Circuit.

Submitted May 13, 1991.

Decided Aug. 21, 1991.

Alan Cohen, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Wilbur L. Tomlinson, argued (John Emde on brief), St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and McMILLIAN, ARNOLD, JOHN R. GIBSON, FAGG, BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, MAGILL, BEAM and LOKEN, Circuit Judges, En Banc.

LOKEN, Circuit Judge, joined by LAY, Chief Judge, and ARNOLD, BOWMAN, WOLLMAN and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.

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Plaintiff…