RICHARDSON v. LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON (2020)

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Stewart S. RICHARDSON, Jr., Plaintiff - Appellant, v. LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON, Defendant - Appellee.

No. 19-11916

Decided: July 13, 2020

Before WILSON and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and CORRIGAN,* District Judge.

David M. Atkinson, Rachel Wilson Mathews, Lauren DeLap Woodrick, Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant H. Sanders Carter, Jr., Andrea Kuntzman Cataland, Kenton Jones Coppage, Fox Rothschild, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee

This appeal arises from Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston's reduction of Stewart S. Richardson, Jr.’s monthly long-term disability benefits. Richardson contends that Liberty wrongfully reduced his benefits in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. The district court denied his motion for summary judgment and granted Liberty's motion for judgment on the administrative record. Richardson appeals both rulings. Having considered the briefs and record, and with the benefit of oral argument, we affirm both rulings for the reasons given by the district court in its well-reasoned order, filed April 15, 2019.

AFFIRMED.

PER CURIAM:

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