Eppley v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance

MEMORANDUM

RONALD L. BUCKWALTER, Senior District Judge.

Currently pending before the Court are Defendant Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company’s (“Provident”) Motion for Summary Judgment and Plaintiff Stephen Eppley’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment in the above referenced matter. For the following reasons, Defendant’s Motion is granted and Plaintiffs Motion is denied.

I. FACTUAL HISTORY

The crux of the present case centers on a claim by Plaintiff Eppley, under section 502(a)(1)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), for…