Legal Opinion
Tsoulas v. Liberty Life Assurance Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 11, 2006No. 05-2668PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
In February 1998, Plaintiff Katherine L. Tsoulas (“Tsoulas”) became an employee of Medaphis Corporation (“Medaphis”) as a Manager of Educational Services. A benefit of her employment was insurance coverage under a group disability policy (“the Plan”) provided by Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston (“Liberty”). Liberty is both the insurer for the Plan and the claims fiduciary. 1 Tsoulas applied for and received short-term disability benefits beginning on September 15, 1998 because symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis (“MS”) had rendered her unable to work. In March…
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- Reich v. John Alden Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
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