Legal Opinion
C. Richard Brown and Karen Brown v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, James G. Bryan, and Keith Dendy
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 22, 1990No. 89-1768PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
C. Richard Brown, a long-time employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (“Southwestern Bell”), was denied the disability benefits he sought pursuant to the company’s employee benefit plan and was terminated when he failed to return to work as directed by his supervisors, James G. Bryan and Keith Dendy. Brown and his wife then filed suit in Texas state court against Southwestern Bell, Bryan, and Dendy, asserting a panoply of tort and contract claims, all arising from the denial of Brown’s disability benefits and from his subsequent discharge. Defendants…
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