United States Eleventh Circuit
Tippitt v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., 05-14005
Judgment for defendants in action for wrongful denial of ERISA benefits is reversed where the district court must make additional findings of fact and complete crucial steps in its review in order to determine whether plaintiff is totally disabled and thereby eligible for benefits under the plan.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/31/2006
- Published 07/31/2006
Judges
- CARNES, Circuit Judge:, Before BIRCH and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and TRAGER, District Judge.
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Jeffrey Scott Warncke, Dietrick, Evans, Scholz & Williams, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Jay E. Sushelsky, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC, for AARP, Amicus Curiae.
- For Appellees:
- Joshua Bachrach, Rawle & Henderson, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Paul T. Ryan, Bridget Bobick, Daniel S. Reinhardt, Troutman Sanders, Alfred L. Evans, III, John B. Austin, Austin & Sparks, P.C., Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.