ADKINS v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INS. CO.

No. 89-1557.

917 F.2d 794 (1990)

Minnis ADKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 24, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph C. Young, Hamilton, Mooney, Burgess, Young & Tissue, Oak Hill, W.Va., for plaintiff-appellant.

James Michael Brown, File, Payne, Scherer & Brown, Beckley, W.Va., for defendant-appellee.

Before WIDENER and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Minnis Adkins appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment against him in his action to recover disability benefits under an insurance policy issued by Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (Reliance). We vacate the district court's order granting summary judgment and remand for further proceedings.

In 1973 Minnis Adkins, while working as a coal miner, sustained an injury...

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