TESTER v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INS. CO.

No. 97-1589.

228 F.3d 372 (2000)

Douglas Y. TESTER, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Annie Ruth Tester, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: September 25, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael J. Burns, Christie, Pabarue, Mortensen & Young, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellant. Robert Edward Hoskins, Foster & Foster, L.L.P., Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: James A. Young, Christie, Pabarue, Mortensen & Young, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Heyward E. McDonald, McDonald, McKenzie, Rubin, Miller & Lybrand, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant.

Before WIDENER, WILLIAMS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WIDENER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS and Judge MICHAEL joined.

OPINION

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant, Reliance Life Insurance Co. (Reliance), appeals the district court's judgment awarding death benefits to plaintiff, Douglas Tester. Mr. Tester, as a personal representative of the estate of his wife Annie Ruth Tester, filed this complaint in district court alleging that Reliance improperly withheld...

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