Legal Opinion
Wegner v. Standard Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1997No. 97-20062PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Circuit Judge:
This case, which calls for us to construe the phrase “overtime pay and any other extra compensation” as it appears in a group disability insurance policy, arises from an injury suffered by Robert P. Wegner shortly after he accepted a higher-compensating, out-of-town job assignment from his employer. Standard Insurance Company, the issuer of the policy, contends that Wegner’s higher earnings at the time he was injured constitute excluded “overtime” or “any other extra compensation” under the policy, and therefore the proper basis for calculating his disability benefit is…
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