Legal Opinion
James J. Galman v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 28, 2001No. 00-1748PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
After suffering a second heart attack on July 2, 1997, trial attorney James J. Gal-man applied for benefits under his law firm’s Employee Long Term Disability Plan, alleging that the stress of litigation and trial work aggravated and accelerated his coronary artery heart disease, rendering him totally disabled. The Plan is funded by a group insurance contract issued by The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Prudential initially denied Gal-man’s application in October 1997. Two weeks later, Galman invoked Prudential’s internal appeals procedure, while simultaneously…
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