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024063P.pdf   09/09/2003  Linda Brown  v.  Aventis
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  02-4063
   Western District of Missouri   
   Civil case - ERISA. District court did not err in awarding 
   maximum COBRA damages based on employer's failure 
   to provide notice; no abuse of discretion in awarding 
   damages under 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1132(c)(1)(B) for employer's 
   failure to provide a Summary Plan Description upon plaintiff's 
   written request; district court did not err in ordering 
   employer to provide a certificate of life insurance as an 
   equitable remedy for violation of the Act; district court did 
   not abuse its discretion in awarding plaintiff attorneys' fees.