TIPPITT v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INS. CO.

No. 05-14005.

457 F.3d 1227 (2006)

Gregory L. TIPPITT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Munich American Reassurance Company Group Long Term Disability Insurance Plan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 31, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Scott Warncke, Dietrick, Evans, Scholz & Williams, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joshua Bachrach, Rawle & Henderson, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Paul T. Ryan, Bridget Bobick, Daniel S. Reinhardt, Troutman Sanders, Alfred L. Evans, III, John B. Austin, Austin & Sparks, P.C., Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Jay E. Sushelsky, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC, for AARP, Amicus Curiae.

Before BIRCH and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and TRAGER, District Judge.


CARNES, Circuit Judge:

Gregory L. Tippitt appeals the district court's entry of judgment in favor of Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company and Munich American Reassurance Company Group Long Term Disability Insurance Plan in his action for wrongful denial of benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.

I.

In July 1982 Tippitt began working as a senior systems programmer at Munich American...

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