REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Walter House sued American United Life Insurance Company ("AUL") for long-term disability benefits. The district court granted summary judgment by which total disability benefits and a Louisiana state law penalty were awarded to House. We hold that House's claim comes under an ERISA plan that preempts the state law penalty and that he was only partially disabled.
I. Background
Walter House was a trial attorney and founding...
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