Legal Opinion
Pens. Plan Guide (Cch) P 23,924 Barbara Carol Godfrey v. Bellsouth Telecommunica- Tions, Inc. South Central Bell
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 26, 1996No. 95-6480PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Senior Circuit Judge:
An employee of BellSouth Telecommunications (“BST”) brought suit against the company to enforce the provisions of her sickness and disability benefit plans. The District Court found that the plaintiff was disabled under the terms of the plan contracts, and that the plan administrators had arbitrarily and capriciously rejected her claims. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Carol Godfrey began working for Bell-South in 1963. By 1990 she had earned several promotions. However, in June of 1990 she became ill. Her family doctor referred her to several specialists, who diagnosed her…
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