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WETZEL v. LOU EHLERS CADILLAC GROUP

No. 97-56437.

189 F.3d 1160 (1999)

Charles WETZEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOU EHLERS CADILLAC GROUP LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM; Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 7, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Dean, Pacific Palisades, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

David A. Lingenbrink and Jennifer L. Kurzon, Galton & Helm, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: JAMES R. BROWNING, CHARLES WIGGINS, and SUSAN P. GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge WIGGINS; Dissent by Judge GRABER.

WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:

Charles Wetzel appeals from the district court's summary judgment in favor of Defendants in Wetzel's ERISA claim for long-term disability insurance benefits. The district court determined that Wetzel's claim was time-barred. In doing so, the district court fell prey to an ambiguity that resulted from our opinions in Nikaido v. Centennial...

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