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EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS v. BLOUNT

No. C-3448.

709 S.W.2d 646 (1986)

EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. Joyce M. BLOUNT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

May 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary A. Thornton, Small, Craig & Werkenthin, Austin, Rena Friedlander, and William Toppeta, New York City, Susan Henricks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Austin, for petitioners.

Joseph Hunter, Alvin, for respondent.

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

PER CURIAM.

After her husband's death, Joyce M. Blount sued Employees Retirement System of Texas ("ERS") and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in Travis County District Court, seeking a trial de novo for a contested insurance claim arising under a uniform group insurance program for state employees. Metropolitan paid $4,000 in basic life insurance but denied payment of her $46,000 claim for optional accidental death benefits. In...

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