SIMMONS v. SOUTHERN BELL TEL. & TEL. CO.

No. 90-3192.

940 F.2d 614 (1991)

Vicki Jo SIMMONS, Cynthia Simmons, By and Through her mother and best friend, Vicki Jo Simmons, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory D. Artis, Keith W. Kochler, Atlanta, Ga., Christopher K. Kay, Swann & Haddock, P.A., Orlando, Fla., for Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co.

Tobe Lev, Egan, Lev & Siwica, David R. Baker, Orlando, Fla., for Vicki Jo Simmons.

Before JOHNSON and COX, Circuit Judges, and GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.


GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:

In this ERISA1 case Vicki Jo Simmons contends that Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co., the employer of her late husband, Charles Simmons, is liable to her for damages caused by its failure to carry out Charles' intention to name her as the beneficiary of his company-provided life insurance policy. The district court ruled that Southern Bell breached its fiduciary duty to Vicki and awarded her damages...

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