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MEDITRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES v. STERLING CHEMICALS

No. 98-40204.

168 F.3d 211 (1999)

MEDITRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION, New Medico Associates, Incorporated, and Otis Alcorn, as Next Friend of Juanita Revels, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE STERLING CHEMICALS, INCORPORATED, Medical Benefits Plan for Hourly-Paid Employees, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 4, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Augustus Thorburn White, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Houston, TX, Brian S. King, King & Isaacson, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Glenn A. Ballard, Jr., Phillip Lynn Sampson, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before JONES, SMITH and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Meditrust Financial Services Corporation, New Medico Associates, Incorporated, and Otis Alcorn (collectively "Meditrust") appeal a summary judgment in their action to recover medical coverage benefits under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), a provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"). Concluding that the district court applied the proper standard of review to the plan administrator's actions and that the...

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