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BLACKSHEAR v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INS. CO.

No. 06-2126.

509 F.3d 634 (2007)

Verdelle BLACKSHEAR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Delphi Financial Company, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 7, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeffrey Stephen Miller, Jacksonville, North Carolina, for Appellant. Joshua Bachrach, Rawle & Henderson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellee.

Before NIEMEYER and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and Samuel G. WILSON, United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Reversed by published opinion. Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge WILSON joined.

OPINION

TRAXLER, Circuit Judge:

Verdelle Blackshear appeals a decision of the district court awarding summary judgment to Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company ("Reliance Standard") and refusing to disturb the denial of Blackshear's claim for benefits under a group life insurance policy. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

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