Legal Opinion
Robert D. Weaver Chad Weaver v. Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1993No. 92-1196PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:
Phoenix Home Life Insurance Company (“Phoenix Home Life”) denied a portion of the benefits claimed by Robert Weaver, a participant in an employee benefit plan, and Chad Weaver, his son, also a beneficiary under the plan. On January 22, 1991, the Weavers brought an action against Phoenix Home Life in the Circuit Court for the State of South Carolina, which was subsequently removed to the United States District Court. The complaint alleges, pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., an improper…
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