                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                          FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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                                 No. 98-20837
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                        VENCOR HOSPITAL-HOUSTON,

                                                         Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                   versus

                        SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN,

                                              Defendant-Appellee.
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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Southern District of Texas
                           (96-CV-3765)
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                             September 30, 1999

Before DUHÉ, BARKSDALE, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     This   matter     is     REMANDED      to   the     district    court   for

reconsideration   in    the    light   of    Vega   v.    National   Life    Ins.

Services, Inc., ___ F.3d ___, 1999 WL 680319 (5th Cir. 1999) (en

banc).




     *
      Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
