Schultz v. UNUMPROVIDENT CORP.

OPINION AND ORDER

GREGORY K. FRIZZELL, District Judge.

Plaintiff Barry C. Schultz (“Schultz”) brings this suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. (“ERISA”), seeking judicial review of his claim that defendants, UnumProvident Corporation, Unum Life Insurance Company of America, and Unum Corporation (collectively, “Unum”), have underpaid benefits owed to him under a long term total disability insurance policy.

I. Standard of Review

Unum, as administrator of the disability plan, had discretion under the plan to determine Schultz’s eligibility for benefits…