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013570P.pdf   09/04/2002  Phillips-Foster  v.  UNUM Life Ins. Co.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  01-3570
                          and No:  01-3648
   District of Minnesota   
   Civil case - Insurance. Life insurance plan was part of an 
   employee benefit plan, and the district court did not err in 
   employing ERISA's abuse of discretion standard in determining 
   whether plan administrator had breached a fiduciary duty in 
   denying benefits; plaintiff failed to establish denial of coverage 
   was a breach of fiduciary duty or an abuse of discretion.