Legal Opinion

Reagan v. First Unum Life Insurance

District Court, C.D. Illinois

Decided March 18, 1999No. 97-3406PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge.

The ERISA plan administrator’s decision to discontinue Reagan’s monthly long term disability payments was neither arbitrary nor capricious.

Therefore, the Court must affirm his decision.

I. BACKGROUND 1

Luther C. Reagan began working for Foreign Credit Insurance Association (“FCIA”) as a senior marketing representative in 1987. As part of its employee benefits package, FCIA provided its employees with a group long term disability plan. 2 FCIA’s group long term disability plan was underwritten and provided by First UNUM Life Insurance Company (“UNUM”). This…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Bob G. Wilkins v. Baptist Healthcare System, Inc. Life Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
  3. Christine M. Donato v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  4. Leilani Exbom v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare FundCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  5. Nick Russo v. Health, Welfare & Pension Fund, Local 705, International Brotherhood of TeamstersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Hughes v. Life Insurance Co. of North AmericaDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 2000
  2. Anderson v. Sara Lee Corp.District Court, W.D. North Carolina · 2004
  3. Latzke v. Continental Casualty Co.District Court, C.D. Illinois · 2003

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