Legal Opinion
Russell v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of America
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided March 30, 1999No. 6:99-0224-20PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HERLONG, District Judge.
This ERISA 1 matter is before the court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary-judgment. Elaine Russell (“Russell”) seeks to recover long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits under a group insurance policy (“the Plan”) issued by UNUM Life Insurance Company of America (“UNUM”). Russell suffers from several ailments and has been diagnosed with fi-bromyalgia. The Plan has a one-year limitation on payments for disabilities caused by “self-reported symptoms.” (Def.’s Cross-Mot.Summ.J. at 4.) Citing this limitation, UNUM offered to pay Russell one year’s worth of…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Radford Trust v. First Unum Life Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2004
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- Peggy Wurm, D.D.S. v. Commercial Insurance of NewarkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
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