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EDDY v. COLONIAL LIFE INS. CO. OF AMERICA

No. 89-7206.

919 F.2d 747 (1990)

Joan EDDY, Executor of the Estate of James Peter Eddy, Appellant, v. COLONIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 23, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Smith, with whom Dale Edwin Sanders, Alexandria, Va., was on the brief, for appellant.

Frank J. Martell, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, MIKVA and RUTH B. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.

WALD, Chief Judge:

Joan Eddy appeals from a district court ruling that the Colonial Life Insurance Company ("Colonial Life" or "Chubb") did not breach its fiduciary duty to her son, James Peter Eddy, despite Eddy's claim that he received misleading information which resulted in the termination of his health and life insurance coverage. We hold that the district court erroneously construed Chubb's fiduciary duty to Eddy; accordingly, we reverse the district court's...

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