GODWIN v. SUN LIFE ASSUR. CO. OF CANADA

No. 91-1368.

980 F.2d 323 (1992)

Murphy R. GODWIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Waller, Jr., Waller & Waller, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

William V. Westbrook, III, White & Morse, Gulfport, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before JOLLY and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges, and SHAW, District Judge.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Murphy R. Godwin alleges that Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada ("Sun Life") violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA")1 by (a) failing to provide plan information that Godwin had requested; (b) illegally offsetting his award under the plan with Social Security old age benefits; and (c) erroneously calculating an offset for workers' compensation benefits. The district court...

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