Pappas v. UNUM Life Insurance Co. of America

¶ 1 Charles E. Pappas, M.D., appeals the trial court’s order granting summary judgment for defendant UNUM Life Insurance Company of America on Pappas’s claim for cost of living adjustments (COLA) on disability benefits he collects under a policy of insurance UNUM issued. Pappas asserts that genuine issues of material fact exist concerning the meaning of the operative provisions of UNUM’s insurance contract and that the court should have compelled additional discovery to resolve them. The court found UNUM’s contract clear and concluded that Pappas did not qualify for COLA’s under its…