                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         for the Fifth Circuit

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                             No. 97-11044

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                         DOROTHY ALICE SMITH,

                                                Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                VERSUS

          ABBOTT LABORATORIES EXTENDED DISABILITY PLAN,

                                                 Defendant-Appellee.

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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Northern District of Texas
                           (1:96-CV-85)
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                           May 11, 1998
Before DAVIS, EMILIO M. GARZA, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     AFFIRMED.    See Local Rule 47.6.




     *
      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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
