Patrick D. Greany v. Western Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company, a Colorado Corporation Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, an Indiana Corporation, Patrick D. Greany v. Western Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company, a Colorado Corporation, and Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, an Indiana Corporation

973 F.2d 812 Patrick D. GREANY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WESTERN FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Colorado corporation, et al.; Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, an Indiana corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Patrick D. GREANY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WESTERN FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Colorado corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellants, and Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, an Indiana corporation, Defendant. Nos. 91-35098, 91-35125. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 7, 1992. Decided Sept. 1, 1992. Peter M. Kirwan and Michael G. Garrity, Kirwan & Barrett, Bozeman, Mont., for plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees. Gene I. Brown and Steve Reida, Landoe, Brown & Planalp, Bozeman, Mont., for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants. Marshal L. Mickelson, Corette, Smith, Pohlman & Allen, Butte, Mont., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana. Before: TROTT and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges, and DIMMICK, * District Judge. TROTT, Circuit Judge: 1 Patrick Greany, an employee of Western Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company ("Western") and Mountain…