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062818P.pdf 05/29/2007 Kenny J. Werdehausen v. Benicorp Ins. Co.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-2818
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Hannibal
[PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with John R. Gibson and Murphy,
Circuit Judges]
Civil case - ERISA. District court erred in granting insurer's motion for
summary judgment on claim for wrongful denial of benefits and improper
recision of coverage; case remanded for further proceedings in
accordance with the opinion; claim that insurer violated the Missouri
Health Care Utilization Review Act by preauthorizing a procedure and
then refusing coverage was not preempted by ERISA.