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TAFT v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR. SOC.

No. 92-55416.

9 F.3d 1469 (1993)

Morris J. TAFT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY; Equitable Financial Company and Does 1 through 25, Inclusive, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 30, 1993.

As Amended March 2, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Royal F. Oakes, Scott J. Therrien, Barger & Wolen, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant.

Herbert Davis and Margaret A. Jewett, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: HALL and RYMER, Circuit Judges, FITZGERALD, District Judge.

CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States appeals the district court's judgment in favor of Morris J. Taft. The district court held that Equitable abused its discretion in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, by terminating Taft's disability benefits. Because we find that the district court erred at trial by examining evidence that was not part...

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