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JONES v. AETNA LIFE INS. CO.

No. 16-1714.

856 F.3d 541 (2017)

Lisa JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant v. AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; The Boeing Company Employee Health and Welfare Benefit Plan; Employee Benefit Plans Committee of The Boeing Company; The Boeing Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 8, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was David C Knieriem , of Saint Louis, MO.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Eric P. Mathisen , of Valparaiso, IN. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; Kimberly Jones , of Chicago, IL.

Before WOLLMAN, SMITH, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Lisa E. Jones submitted a claim for disability benefits. Her plan administrator denied it. She sued under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) for denial of benefits and breach of fiduciary duty. The district court dismissed the fiduciary claim as "duplicative" of the denial-of-benefits claim. It then granted...

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