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Insurance company denies Bagwell claim
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&box-KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- In what is sure to be the first of many disagreements between the Houston Astros and the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, the insurance claim made by the club to recoup $15.6 million of the $17 million owed to Jeff Bagwell has been denied.
Astros owner Drayton McLane is preparing for litigation with the law firm Fisher, Boyd, Brown, Boudreaux and Huguenard, according to a Houston Chronicle report. No lawsuit has been filed yet.

"On March 13, 2006, Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. notified the Houston Astros that it had denied a total disability claim submitted by the Astros relating to Jeff Bagwell," attorney Ty Buthod, a partner at the Houston law firm of Baker Botts, which is representing Connecticut General, told the Chronicle. "The company determined that there had been no adverse change in Mr. Bagwell's condition or ability to play baseball between the end of last season, when he was an active member of the roster, and Jan. 31, 2006, the date the policy expired.-box&