Case Name: Betty L. TEAGUE, Appellant, v. TRANSAMERICA ASSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-04-06
Citations: 7 F. App'x 540
Docket Number: No. 00-3570
Parties: Betty L. TEAGUE, Appellant, v. TRANSAMERICA ASSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
Judges: Before BOWMAN, BEAM, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 7
Pages: 540–541

Head Matter:
Betty L. TEAGUE, Appellant, v. TRANSAMERICA ASSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
No. 00-3570.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted April 3, 2001.
Decided April 6, 2001.
Before BOWMAN, BEAM, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Betty Teague appeals from the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment in her action to recover increased life insurance benefits following the death of her spouse. As she did below, Teague argues a less deferential standard of review of the plan administrator's decision is appropriate in this case due to procedural irregularities in Transameriea's appeals process. See Sahulka v. Lucent Technologies, Inc., 206 F.3d 763, 767 (8th Cir.2000). However, we would affirm the district court under any standard of review because the plan in question clearly stated that "a spouse who is disabled is not eligible" for new coverage, and Teague has never disputed that her spouse was disabled when she applied for the increased coverage at issue.
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable William R. Wilson, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.