Legal Opinion
Joan Hangarter v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, and the Paul Revere Life Insurance Company Unumprovident Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 25, 2004No. 02-17423PublishedCited by 636 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:
Joan Hangarter, a chiropractor who operated her own business, obtained an “own occupation” disability insurance policy in 1989 from Paul Revere Life Insurance Company. She filed a claim for total disability in July 1997 based on shoulder, elbow, and wrist pain. Paul Revere paid Hangarter benefits for an eleven-month period and then terminated her benefits based upon the opinion of its medical examiners and claim investigators that Han-garter was not “totally disabled” and continued to work and earn income, making her ineligible for benefits under the policy. Hangarter…
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