NICHOLS v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INS. CO.

No. 18-60499.

924 F.3d 802 (2019)

Juanita NICHOLS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed May 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Nicholas Norris , Louis Hanner Watson, Jr., Esq. , Watson & Norris, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Joshua Bachrach, Esq. , Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, L.L.P., Philadelphia, PA, Kelly Dunleath Simpkins , Wells, Marble & Hurst, P.L.L.C., Ridgeland, MS, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before KING, SMITH, and WILLETT, Circuit Judges.


Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company ("Reliance") appeals a judgment granting Juanita Nichols past and future long-term disability ("LTD") benefits. We reverse and render judgment for Reliance.

I.

Nichols worked for Peco Foods, Inc. ("Peco"), at a chicken processing plant in Sebastopol, Mississippi...

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