Legal Opinion
Peggy Welshans Williamson, and Vanessa Welshans v. Aetna Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 22, 2007No. 05-6911PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Peggy Welshans Williamson and Vanessa Welshans appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Aetna Life Insurance Company (“Aetna”). Plaintiffs initially brought suit in Tennessee state court alleging violations of common law breach of contract, violations of the Tennessee Con sumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-104, and the Tennessee “bad faith” statute, Tenn.Code Ann. § 56-7-105. Specifically, plaintiffs alleged that Aetna wrongfully denied health insurance benefits for Williamson’s daughter,…
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