NEWSOM v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INS. CO.

No. 20-10994 consolidated with No. 21-10519.

26 F.4th 329 (2022)

James W. NEWSOM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. James W. Newsom, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED February 18, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Leslie Thompson , Bernard A. Guerrini , Guerrini & Thompson, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Joshua Bachrach, Esq. , Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, L.L.P., Philadelphia, PA, Claire Winniford Parsons , Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Higginbotham, Stewart, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.


This is an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) case. Lereta, LLC maintained an ERISA-governed benefits plan that provided short-term disability (STD) and long-term disability (LTD) to its employees, including James W. Newsom. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company issued the policies that funded these...

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