                      UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           for the Fifth Circuit

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                               No. 96-30722
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                          WILLIAM A. WARD, DDS,

                                                   Plaintiff-Appellee
                                                   Cross-Appellant.

                                  VERSUS

                 THE PAUL REVERE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,

                                                  Defendant-Appellant
                                                  Cross-Appellee.

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             Appeal from the United States District Court
                 for the Western District of Louisiana
                               (94-CV-152)
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                             March 10, 1997

Before DAVIS, SMITH and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     The district court correctly granted summary judgment in this

case.       Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court

for the reasons stated in its careful memorandum ruling on February

12, 1996.       We also find no error in the district court's order

awarding attorney's fees and affirm that ruling based on the

magistrate's report and recommendation of May 15, 1996.     We modify

that award by adding $2,500 for fees incurred in defending this

appeal.

     AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED.

        *
      Pursuant to Local Rule 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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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 Local Rule 47.5.4.
