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093576P.pdf   10/07/2010  Katherine Matschiner  v.  Hartford Life & Accident Ins.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-3576
   U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha   
   [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Arnold and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
   Civil Case - ERISA. Plan documents rule, rather than federal common
   law, applies in welfare benefit plan and district court erred in concluding
   that Hartford abused its discretion by paying death benefits in accordance
   with 1991 beneficiary designations in its files. Case is remanded for a
   determination of remaining claims against Lewis.