Legal Opinion

Unum Life Insurance Co. of America v. Epes

District Court, E.D. Arkansas

Decided April 27, 2010No. 4:09CV00244-WRWPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

WM. R. WILSON, JR., District Judge.

In this ERISA 1 case, Plaintiff Unum Life Insurance Company of America (“Unum”) seeks to recover alleged over-payments made to Defendant Wooten Epes (“Epes”). 2 Epes counterclaims for reinstatement of his benefits, and for back payments. 3 Pending are cross-Motions for Summary Judgment (Doc. Nos. 18, 22). 4

Unum’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED IN PART (because Unum properly terminated Epes’s benefits) and DENIED IN PART (because Unum cannot recover the overpayments).

Epes’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED IN PART (because Epes is entitled…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Mertens v. Hewitt AssociatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance v. KnudsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. Sereboff v. Mid Atlantic Medical Services, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2006
  5. Jerry Harris v. The Epoch Group, L.C. Barnes-Jewish Christian Hospitals, Doing Business as Bjc Healthcare & Associated Entities PlanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Epolito v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 2010
  2. Rappaport v. Guardian Life Insurance Company of AmericaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2025

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