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RIVER v. EDWARD D. JONES CO.

No. 10-2586.

646 F.3d 1029 (2011)

Beverly RIVER, Appellant, v. EDWARD D. JONES CO.; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 22, 2011.

Rehearing Denied August 16, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Evans, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.

Ann E. Buckley, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellees.

Before WOLLMAN and MELLOY, Circuit Judges, and MILLER, District Judge.

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Beverly River was the named beneficiary of an accidental benefits plan that her husband, David Polk, obtained through his employer, Edward D. Jones & Co. After Polk died as a result of a motorcycle accident, the plan administrator, Metropolitan Life Insurance (Metlife), determined that Polk was intoxicated at the time of the accident and denied coverage. River brought suit under the Employee Retirement...

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