Legal Opinion
Marc Kutten v. Sun Life Assurance Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 21, 2014No. 13-2559PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
Marc Kutten sued Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, alleging that Sun Life improperly denied him long-term disability benefits under a disability plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Sun Life and Kutten filed cross-motions for summary judgment. The district court denied Sun Life’s motion for summary judgment and granted Kutten’s motion. We reverse.
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Kutten was the president and a co-owner of Property Solutions Group LLC. In 1994, Kutten was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a progressive eye disease that can eventually lead…
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