Carrington Estate Planning Services v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company

289 F.3d 644 CARRINGTON ESTATE PLANNING SERVICES, a Nevada corporation individually and on behalf of Gerken Management Co., Inc. Money Purchase Plan, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Weisman Family Trust; Adams Family Trust; Larry Jones; Paula Jones; Dale Montgomery; Pamela Montgomery; ED Sandala, Plaintiffs, v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois corporation, Defendant-Appellee. No. 00-17491. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 14, 2002. Filed May 6, 2002. Richard M. Waugh, Phoenix, AZ, for the plaintiff-appellant. Joshua Bachrach, Rawle & Henderson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Mark W. Flory and Angela Lui Walsh, Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow & Canter, San Diego, CA; and David W. Davis, Turley, Swan & Childers, Phoenix, AZ, for the defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona; Earl H. Carroll, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-99-00616-EHC. Before REINHARDT, MAGILL, * and FISHER, Circuit Judges. OPINION FISHER, Circuit Judge. 1 Carrington Estate Planning Services ("Carrington") appeals the district court's summary adjudication of its claim for benefits under the Employee…