Legal Opinion
Jenkins v. Price Waterhouse Long Term Disability Plan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 4, 2009No. 08-1909PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
In 1989, when he was 27 years old, Charles Jenkins started working as a “Senior Account Consultant” for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC). His tenure with the company was cut short four years later when he ceased working due to HIV. In 1994, he started receiving long-term disability benefits under a PwC plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. After making payments for a decade, PwC had second thoughts. Despite a terminal illness that kept him sidelined for more than 10 years, PwC — or, more accurately, the plan…
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